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SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation echoed African leaders' calls for countries to rapidly scale-up finance for climate adaptation and pledged to invest $1.4 billion to help smallholder farmers address the immediate and long-term impacts of climate change. The announcement was made by Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27).
For many regions, climate change is a food and economic crisis without precedent. More than 2 billion people depend on smallholder farms for food and income, yet less than 2% of global climate finance is devoted to helping these farms adapt to climate change. Food and economic crises will last longer and become more severe as climate threats escalate and further threaten food security by limiting smallholder farmers' yields and resilience.
"The effects of climate change have already been devastating, and every moment the world delays action, more people suffer, and the solutions become more complex and costly," said Suzman. "Our commitment will help smallholder farmers adapt today and build resilience for the future. It is essential for this climate summit to produce bold commitments that address immediate and long-term needs. Leaders must listen to the voices of African farmers and governments to understand their priorities and respond with urgency."
The foundation's commitment will fund immediate action and long-term initiatives over four years to help smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia build resilience and food security. Funding will focus on spurring African-led innovation to build a pipeline of climate-smart agriculture projects, new applications of digital technologies, climate-smart innovations for smallholder livestock farming, and support for women smallholder farmers to capitalize on their untapped potential.
"Women in rural Africa are the backbone of their food systems, but they have never had equal access to the resources they need to reach their full potential or build resilience to looming climate threats," said Melinda French Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. "As the climate crisis accelerates, women's vital role in their economies is too important to overlook. With the right financing and marketing support, women smallholder farmers could earn more in a day than they currently earn in a month, ultimately transforming these regional food systems and unlocking a healthier, more sustainable, and more prosperous future for families and communities across the continent."
To improve the livelihoods of rural women in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, the foundation is deepening its ongoing partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The goal is to scale up initiatives that empower women farmers, support innovations at the nexus of gender and climate adaptation, and increase climate finance that gives rural women better access to the climate-smart resources they need to strengthen food systems.
To accelerate the development of new adaptation innovations, the foundation is continuing to work with a coalition of partners to double the budget for the CGIAR agriculture research system. The CGIAR Excellence in Agronomy initiative partners with African research institutes, local businesses, and farmer organizations. Together, they are using big data, analytics, and digital platforms to deliver insights that can boost incomes, food security, and ecosystem health in smallholder farming communities.
"The climate crisis is causing enormous harm every day as it jeopardizes entire regions of people and economies," said Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. "More funding is necessary to ensure agricultural and technological innovations are widely available to vulnerable communities, helping them to adapt to climate change, save lives and increase economic growth."
Additional investments included in the commitment announced today will support:
- The Africa Adaptation Initiative (AAI) to quickly build a pipeline of climate-smart agriculture projects across 23 countries in Africa. Funding will provide targeted support for the technical capacity, planning, and project development required to implement programs.
- The development of new applications of digital technologies to ensure smallholder farmers can anticipate and respond to climate threats. This includes an innovative weather intelligence platform developed through a new partnership between the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) and TomorrowNow, which provides climate-smart agriculture strategies to farmers in East Africa via text messages.
- African-led innovations to develop climate-smart options for improving livestock health and productivity while also reducing their climate footprint. This will be done in partnership with Canada's International Development Research Center (IDRC).
This funding builds on more than a decade of investments and the foundation's recent announcement during the United Nations General Assembly of $100 million in funding to help alleviate the current food crisis in Africa and South Asia and address its underlying causes. It also builds on funding commitments focused on agriculture adaptation made at previous climate summits:
- 2021 at COP26: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Pledges $315 million to Support Innovations That Help Smallholder Farmers Adapt to Climate Threats
- 2017 at One Planet Summit: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Commits $300M (€255M) to Help Farmers in Africa and Asia Cope with Climate Change
About the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, Washington, the foundation is led by CEO Mark Suzman, under the direction of Co-chairs Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates and the board of trustees.
Media contact: media@gatesfoundation.org
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STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — For 20 years, the Confederate Memorial Day celebration has been taking place at Stone Mountain Park -- right in front of the mountain’s iconic carving of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and “Stonewall” Jackson.
In recent times, this site has been a focal point for protest. Over the generations, it's a day that's reopened wounds from 160 years ago and to debate the meaning of the American Civil War via ceremony and counter-protest.
The carving has been in place on Stone Mountain for more than 50 years. The debate over its symbolism will likely remain for decades to come.
On Saturday, The Sons of Confederate Veterans gathered at Stone Mountain to observe Confederate Memorial Day.
Those against the gathering said this event is rooted in racism.
“The celebration of the people who wanted to continue the institution of slavery is just inappropriate in today’s world. We’re not supportive of that and want to make sure people are aware this is going on in a state park," said Brian Morris of the Stone Mountain Action Coalition.
But Georgia Sons of Confederate Veterans member Eric Cleveland said critics of the event don’t understand what it is really about.
“People need to see our entire history. All of our history is important. Yours, mine. It all comes together in this great tossed salad that they call this country," Cleveland said.
Richard Rose, of the National Coalition to End the Confederacy, said this annual celebration highlights the state’s tone deaf approach to diversity and inclusion.
“The practices, the polices... it absolutely reflects racism," he explained. "Bigotry reigns in Georgia and other southern states."
The celebration brought out hundreds of people who enjoyed music, speeches and food.
Protesters rallied in the nearby Stone Mountain Village then marched to the Memorial Park, where they shouted for change.
However, supporters of the event said they don’t plan to change a thing.
“This park is entitled the Confederate Memorial Park. So there’s no better place to have a Confederate Memorial Day service than here," said Martin O’Toole of the Georgia Sons of Confederate Veterans.
There was a stepped up police presence at Saturday’s event, but according to Georgia State Patrol, there were no issues. | 2023-04-30T05:30:08+00:00 | 11alive.com | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/confederate-memorial-day-celebrations-draws-crowds-criticism/85-8d9c2bb8-0a5f-456f-a94b-bc83a98a098e |
Fort Bragg soldier and wife accused of stealing swords, guitars and weapons from military
A Fort Bragg couple is accused of stealing more than $2.01 million in military equipment, illegally selling the items and transferring funds made from the sales between multiple bank accounts.
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Christopher Hammond and Maj. Heather Hammond were indicted on the theft and embezzlement charges in federal court late last month.
According to the indictment, Christopher Hammond has been assigned to the B Company, Group Support Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group since September 2018.
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The indictment says Christopher Hammond’s job included coordinating equipment repair and material readiness, and he was provided with a specific six-character code that gave him authority to request property for his military unit.
According to Defense Logistic Agency logs, which tracks property requests, Hammond requested items including weapons, gun parts, electric guitars, bayonets, welding equipment, gym equipment, night vision goggles and all-terrain vehicles among other items between December 2018 and March this year.
The indictment alleges that Hammond made a false statement claiming the equipment was for his unit’s deployment.
The indictment alleges that between January 2021 and January this year, Hammond’s bank account received 111 wires totaling more than $1.86 million.
The transfers included more than 80 wires valuing more than $1.24 million from a civilian who Hammond allegedly communicated with about the stolen equipment, according to the indictment.
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The indictment alleges Hammond made multiple transfers between two bank accounts, investment accounts and a brokerage account “designed in whole and in part to conceal and disguise, the nature, location, source, ownership, and control of the proceeds.”
The indictment alleges that Hammond’s wife also opened a brokerage account in June 2021 that she allowed her husband to access, with Christopher Hammond making eight transfers to that account with proceeds from “unlawful activity, that is theft of government property.”
Authorities estimated that the Hammonds made at least $2.01 million from the alleged illegal activity.
Staff writer Rachael Riley can be reached at rriley@fayobserver.com or 910-486-3528. | 2022-06-12T16:42:11+00:00 | fayobserver.com | https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/military/2022/06/12/fort-bragg-couple-accused-stealing-2-m-military-equipment/7579047001/ |
WATCH: Firefighters rescue woman trapped under public transit bus
STAMFORD, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) - Firefighters in Connecticut rescued a woman who was trapped under a public transit bus on Tuesday.
The Stamford Fire Department says they received multiple 911 calls about a woman who had been struck by a bus at an intersection.
Callers reported that she became trapped under it, according to WFSB.
The fire department dispatched several crews, including a ladder company. Stamford police and EMS were also called to the scene.
The first firefighters arrived on the scene in less than two minutes and confirmed that the woman was trapped under the front axle of a tandem-style CT Transit bus. The woman was conscious, alert and able to talk with firefighters.
First responders immediately began a difficult extrication process that involved stabilization of the bus and lifting it using high-pressured air bags.
The woman was safely removed from under the bus in less than 10 minutes. She was taken by ambulance to the hospital for her injuries.
Deputy Chief Matt Palmer said the rescue was a “valiant and flawless effort” by first responders, demonstrating their talents and capabilities.
“Given the size and weight of this bus, we are very grateful that her injuries were not more serious,” Palmer said.
Stamford police are investigating.
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Peru ex-leader Toledo surrenders to be extradited from US
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo Manrique surrendered to U.S. federal agents Friday to be extradited to Peru, where he faces charges of accepting millions of dollars in bribes as part of a mammoth corruption scandal in which four of Peru’s ex-presidents have been implicated.
Toledo’s surrender ends a yearslong legal battle against his extradition, which started in 2019 when he was arrested at his home in Menlo Park, California. Federal prosecutors have said Peruvian officials will travel to Northern California to pick up Toledo and fly him back to Peru. It’s not immediately known when that will happen.
Toledo, who was Peru’s president from 2001 to 2006, is accused of taking at least $20 million in bribes from Odebrecht, a giant Brazilian construction company that has admitted to U.S. authorities that it bribed officials to win contracts throughout Latin America for decades. He has denied the charges.
He had sought a stay on his extradition, pending a legal challenge to the U.S. State Department’s decision to send him back to Peru, but a court of appeals denied his latest motion this week and a federal judge ordered him to surrender.
After his arrest, Toledo was initially held in solitary confinement at the Santa Rita Jail about 40 miles (60 kilometers) east of San Francisco, but was released in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and his deteriorating mental health. He was held under house arrest after that.
Toledo has been living in California since 2016 when he returned to Stanford University, his alma mater, as a visiting scholar to study education in Latin America. His ties to the San Francisco Bay Area go back to the 1970s when he was an undergraduate student at the University of San Francisco and then a graduate student at Stanford University.
Toledo, 77, is one of four ex-presidents linked to the Odebrecht corruption scandal that has shaken Peru’s politics, with nearly every living former president now on trial or under investigation.
Former President Ollanta Humala is standing trial on charges that he and his wife received over $3 million from Odebrecht for his presidential campaigns in 2006 and 2011. Both have denied any wrongdoing.
Ex-leader Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, who left office in 2018, is under house arrest for similar charges.
Former leader Alan García, in office from 2006-2011, fatally shot himself in the head in 2019 as police arrived at his home to arrest him.
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After a gunman murdered 14 students and three staff members at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School five years ago Tuesday, their families were left with a burning question: How do we go on with our lives while honoring our loved one’s memory?Most have answered by starting foundations or performing other charitable work dedicated to a variety of causes: protecting students; building parks and gardens; providing scholarships; fighting disease and helping the disabled; sending kids to camp; teaching children to swim, dance, create art or play music and sports; and tightening gun laws.“For all of them, their biggest fear was that their loved one would be forgotten,” said Florida state Rep. Christine Hunschofsky, who was Parkland’s mayor in 2018 when the shooting happened. “They do this work to keep their spirit alive.”Still, she said, “it is really important to remember that no matter how many ‘good things’ have come out of the aftermath, no one is ever the same again. No one loses that pain.”Their families were left with a burning question: How do we go on with our lives while honoring our loved one’s memory?Most of the families also belong to the group Stand With Parkland. Those families work with lawmakers nationally to see tougher school safety regulations enacted, train administrators to conduct more thorough threat assessments and assure threats reported to the FBI are passed to local law enforcement. The group also promotes gun safety. “When we listen to each other, politics doesn’t have to be a bad thing,” said Philip Schentrup, who lost his 16-year-old daughter Carmen in the shooting. “If you realize that 90% of the stuff in this world we agree on, it is not hard to make positive change.”Some family projects have a political bent, but most don’t. Overall, millions of dollars have been raised. These are their causes: Alyssa AlhadeffAfter losing their 14-year-old daughter Alyssa, Ilan and Lori Alhadeff began their foundation, Make Our Schools Safe. It advocates in state legislatures for “Alyssa’s Law,” which requires that teachers receive panic buttons tied directly to law enforcement. The law has been enacted in Florida, New York and New Jersey, and it is being considered federally and in several states.The foundation has also distributed kits for treating gunshot victims, and it started Make Our Schools Safe clubs to give students a voice and instruction on violence prevention.“We want to do everything that we can to create a safer school environment,” said Lori Alhadeff, who was elected to the Broward County school board nine months after the shooting. She is now its chairwoman. “We want to make sure that (children) are protected and that they come home alive.”She said being on the school board and running the foundation “turned my pain and grief into action.”Her daughter frequented the beach, excelled in math and Spanish, was a gifted writer and captain of her soccer team. She wasn’t afraid to speak her mind.“Through Alyssa’s Law, I know Alyssa is saving a lot of lives,” she said. Scott Beigel Geography teacher and cross country coach Scott Beigel died a hero, shot as he herded panicked students into his classroom, where they all survived. In a few months, Beigel, 35, would have been working as a summer camp counselor. He loved to camp, attending every year since he was 6.“(Camp) was Scott’s magic place,” his mother, Linda Beigel Schulman, said. “He could be a kid. He could be whoever he wanted to be.”So, two days after her son’s murder, she and Beigel’s stepfather, Michael Schulman, started the Scott J. Beigel Memorial Fund, which pays for underprivileged children touched by gun violence to attend sleep-away camp — and return annually if they maintain good grades and stay out of trouble. This summer, 250 children will participate.“I want to keep the kids away from drugs and gangs. I want to do it so they don’t have to be rehabilitated after they are incarcerated,” his mother said. “Every one of those kids has a piece of Scott’s heart.” Martin Duque Martin Duque, 14, was born in Mexico but wanted to become a U.S. Navy Seal; he belonged to the school’s Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. He loved sports and was a devoted churchgoer. His family has no known foundation or charity and has kept out of the public eye.“He was a smart kid who always helped others even before himself,” his family said in a statement that was read at the shooter’s trial. “His favorite movie was ‘Star Wars.’ He was basically an old soul. His family loved him in every situation and he would tell his parents that when he grew up, he would buy them a house. We miss him very much.” Nick Dworet Nick Dworet was a star swimmer who loved to promote his sport. The night before the 17-year-old died, he spoke to the younger swimmers at his club to encourage them. That’s why his parents, Mitch and Annika Dworet, have focused the Nicholas Dworet Memorial Fund on swimming and water safety. The fund provides college scholarships to swimmers and divers in South Florida and at the University of Indianapolis, where Nick Dworet planned to compete. It organizes training days for swimmers, works with the Special Olympics and offers swimming lessons for underprivileged children.“We are much smaller than a lot of the other charities and foundations of the other families,” said Joseph Chiarella, the fund’s treasurer. “But we plan to expand as needed and requested.” Aaron Feis Aaron Feis, a security guard and assistant football coach, hurried to the building after being told a gunman was inside, but he was shot just as he got to the door. The 37-year-old, who had graduated from Stoneman Douglas, received the National Football Foundation’s gold medal for his actions.His parents started a foundation in his name that assisted needy students with supplies and other essentials. But the family said it became too much for them to handle alone during the pandemic and went inactive. Feis, Scott Beigel and Chris Hixon, the school’s athletic director and wrestling coach who was also killed in the attack, were honored at the 2018 ESPY Awards as the national coaches of the year.In a statement read at the shooter’s trial, his widow, Melissa Feis, said they met when she was 16 at a church service, and over the next two decades he “knew he could make a difference in the lives of others.”“Aaron had a knack for putting others at ease. His presence, jovial smile and humor made him a person others sought to be around,” she wrote. Jaime Guttenberg Fred and Jennifer Guttenberg started Orange Ribbons for Jaime in honor of their 14-year-old daughter who loved dance and dogs and planned to become a pediatric physical therapist. The name comes from the thousands of orange ribbons her dance troupe made after Jaime’s murder — orange was her favorite color. They were worn by dance companies nationwide, including by the Broadway cast of “Hamilton.”The charity provides college scholarships to dancers, special needs children and students who want to go into helping fields, like physical therapy.The foundation is also starting “Paws of Love,” which will give puppies and a free year of dog supplies and vet care to families affected by gun violence. Fred Guttenberg said his youngest dog, which was 4 months old when Jaime was killed, “saved my family” by giving the couple and their son something to care for.“I can’t see myself doing the political activist thing indefinitely,” said Guttenberg, who has become a national spokesman for stronger gun laws. “But honoring my daughter and ensuring that this country remembers who she was and why she mattered is something I’ll never stop doing.” Chris Hixon Athletic director and wrestling coach Chris Hixon died a hero — he was the first person who tried to stop the shooter. The 49-year-old Navy veteran charged directly at him, but he was hit by gunfire and fell to the floor. He took cover in an alcove, but he was shot again. He tried to get to his feet for several minutes before law enforcement came to his aid.To honor him, his family started the Chris Hixon Foundation, which gives scholarships annually to five Broward County athletes. His son, Tom, said the charity soon hopes to offer sports camps, likely for students with special needs, and wrestling tournaments that offer small scholarships to the winners.Tom Hixon said the family focused on scholarships for athletes to honor the thousands his father inspired over his 27-year career to continue their educations.“He knew it wasn’t just about sports — he stressed academics, too,” Hixon said. Luke Hoyer Luke Hoyer, 15, loved sports, and his mother, Gena, works with foster children. So she and her husband, Tom, combined those two interests for the Luke Hoyer Athletic Fund, which pays for foster children to participate in travel league sports and martial arts and dance lessons. Those can cost more than $1,000 for each child, something foster parents usually can’t afford and don’t get reimbursed for.Luke was known for his dry humor and was jokingly called “the king of the one-word answer.”“I’ve always liked sports as a way to help kids as a mini life lesson,” Tom Hoyer said. “The fact that Luke played sports and (his mother) knew that these kids couldn’t go into these programs, it seemed like a good fit and the right thing to do.” Cara Loughran Cara Loughran adored all things Irish. The 14-year-old, who performed Irish dance, was set to appear in a St. Patrick’s Day festival the month after her death. Her family was also planning a trip that summer to the island nation, where some of her relatives live.The family established Cara Dances On, which provides college scholarships for students at the dance studio where she took lessons. Her mother declined to comment.“She loved the beach, she loved to surf and, most of all, she loved spending time with her family,” a statement read by a family friend at the shooter’s trial said. “Losing Cara has left a crushing absence in their lives.” Gina Montalto Gina Montalto spent much of her time reading, studying and drawing. She was an enthusiastic Girl Scout, posthumously receiving the group’s highest rank, the Gold Award.Sometimes the 14-year-old with straight A’s and a bright personality wanted to be a veterinarian; other times she wanted to design attractions for Walt Disney World. Her parents, Tony and Jennifer Montalto, through the Gina Rose Montalto Memorial Foundation, are covering all those interests by helping dozens of college students and others.The foundation provides scholarships to Girl Scouts, nursing students and students in science, technology, math and the arts. There have also been scholarships for Stoneman Douglas grads, even to some who simply demonstrated kindness. The foundation also hosts a ceremony for South Florida Girl Scouts who have received their Silver Award — the highest rank a middle schooler can achieve — and supports projects where Gina volunteered, including groups that help children with special needs.As part of the process, the scholarship recipients learn about Gina and what she stood for, her father said. That helps the family cope.“We ask that they keep in touch with us at least once a year to let us know how they are progressing,” he said. “This is a way to keep Gina’s light shining.” Joaquin Oliver Manuel and Patricia Oliver’s goal with their foundation, Change the Ref, is to challenge the political influence of the National Rifle Association and gun manufacturers. They say the firearms industry has bought and intimidated politicians, leading to the death of their 17-year-old son, Joaquin, who was known for his writing and his ability to make friends. The foundation’s name comes from something Joaquin would say after bad calls cost his basketball team a game — that nothing would change without new refs.“Once we started looking at what the root cause of this issue (was), we saw that these ‘referees’ that we elect are not making the right calls, so we don’t have a fair game,” Manuel Oliver said. The couple travels the country in a modified school bus emblazoned with “Stop Gun Violence” to directly confront politicians. For example, last year the foundation rented 52 school buses and drove them to the Houston office of Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, the empty seats representing children fatally shot.They also go after Democrats, including President Joe Biden. Invited to a gun bill signing at the White House last year, Manuel Oliver shouted “You have to do more!” at Biden before being escorted out.Patricia Oliver said because their son died in a school shooting, they have a platform that parents whose children died in everyday gun violence don’t have.“It is not only school shootings we need to pay attention to — that is a very selfish way to see it. This is beyond school shootings,” she said. Alaina Petty After Ryan Petty’s 14-year-old daughter Alaina was murdered, he was appointed to the state commission that investigated why the shooting happened and how it could have been prevented.As he learned what led up to it, he became convinced the answer isn’t tighter gun laws, which he says don’t work, but more effective intervention and communication by school administrators, mental health providers and law enforcement. Many people reported the Parkland shooter’s threats, but no authorities acted or shared information.In response, Petty and his wife, Kelly, started The WalkUp Foundation, which has worked with government, law enforcement and school officials to improve communication so potential shooters are identified. He points to Secret Service findings that almost all school shooters showed “disturbing behaviors” well before acting.He said the idea isn’t to arrest more students but to get them help.“If those were reported and acted on by authorities, you could divert that person off the pathway to violence, and we think that is the best outcome for everyone,” Petty said.Alaina did volunteer work through her church, including cleanup after 2017′s Hurricane Irma, and took part in the ROTC. She loved watching crime shows on TV, Spanish music and her dogs, and she wanted to be a mom.“I couldn’t let (Alaina’s) death just pass by and not try to prevent that from happening to another family,” her father said. Meadow Pollack Andrew Pollack believes firmly his 18-year-old daughter Meadow and the five others who died on the third floor of the attacked classroom building would have lived if the school’s sheriff’s deputy had charged inside to confront the shooter on the first floor instead of staying outside.His foundation, Meadow’s Movement, recently began giving backpacks to school police and security officers that convert almost instantly into bullet-resistant vests, unfolding in one motion over the head. That also pulls onto the officers’ chest a rifle with a stock that unfolds — they won’t have to confront a well-armed shooter with just a handgun. When not in use, the backpack keeps the rifle hidden from students it might scare them.“It gives (officers) within a second something ... that could even the playing field,” said Pollack, who spoke at the 2020 Republican National Convention. Still, he doesn’t think Parkland’s deputy, who is facing criminal charges for his inaction, would have gone in with a vest and rifle, calling him an obscenity.His daughter, who wanted to be a lawyer, was known for her outgoing personality and her love of working out. To honor her love of exercise and fun, the foundation also builds playgrounds, including one costing $1 million not far from Stoneman Douglas.“It helps with the healing, seeing the kids playing and smiling,” he said. Helena Ramsay When Helena Ramsay was a little girl, she would go with her mother to the community garden in the park near their home to help plant vegetables, build the beds and paint signs. That made the 17-year-old, who had come to the United States as a toddler from Great Britain, a champion of environmental causes, said her mother, Anne Ramsay, who helped manage the garden.She said when the shooting happened, there was still one section of the garden that wasn’t being used. Ramsay said one day she was sitting there, reading and trying to find comfort, when a cardinal sat on the fence and began singing to her.“I said, ‘OK God, that’s my Helena communicating with me,’” she said.That was when she decided to make that section a memorial garden for her daughter, a clarinet player who was tall, graceful and athletic, and a participant in Model United Nations.Visitors to Helena’s section are greeted by a monument featuring a smiling portrait of her and a dedication to those who died in the shooting. Their names are engraved on the back. The garden features benches for meditating, a small stone labyrinth, or maze, various flowers and 17 bamboo trees. People use the area to do yoga, exercise, read or relax.Ramsay said while some families have been more vocal and public over the years, planting the garden was more her style. Helena’s death was just one of a string of tragedies to hit the family in recent years, including the deaths of Anne Ramsay’s parents and the loss of a nephew in another shooting.“I needed peace and quiet, I needed healing, and I found that in this niche,” she said. Alex Schachter After his 14-year-old son Alex died, Max Schachter ended his insurance practice and made promoting school safety his full-time mission. He joined the state commission with Ryan Petty and started Safe Schools for Alex, traveling the country learning the best security practices and presenting those to school districts, law enforcement and government officials. The foundation’s website also has a dashboard where parents in several states can examine safety data for their child’s school.It lets them see if there is a problem — or if their school’s administrators are obviously hiding problems, as Stoneman Douglas’ did. On annual safety reports between 2014 and 2017, Stoneman Douglas administrators claimed their 3,200 students committed zero acts of bullying and three acts of vandalism, for example.“Alex was murdered in an unsafe school,” Schachter said. “I thought this is the area where I could have the biggest impact. It is not partisan. It is not controversial. School safety is something everyone should be able to rally behind.”The foundation also provides online one-on-one lessons for underprivileged middle school band members. Alex, who loved cars and planned to attend the University of Connecticut, played trombone in the Stoneman Douglas band, which had won the state halftime show competition shortly before his murder.“It is one of my happiest memories,” Schachter said. Carmen Schentrup Carmen Schentrup had a laser focus on her future — a straight-A student and National Merit Scholarship finalist, she planned to become a doctor who researched amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly called Lou Gehrig’s Disease. The devastating disease, which slowly destroys a person’s bodily functions, had taken two people close to her: a great aunt and a choir director. Carmen, 16, wanted to find its cure.That’s why her parents, Philip and April, started the Carmen Schentrup ALS Research Fund, also known as “Carmen’s Dream,” through the ALS Foundation. Seeded with the money their daughter left in her savings account, it has now raised more than $250,000 for the ALS Foundation.“It is a very positive outcome to see people supporting Carmen’s Dream and trying to make the world a better place,” her father said. Peter Wang Peter Wang, an ROTC member, dreamed of attending the United States Military Academy and becoming a pilot. After the 15-year-old’s death, the academy accepted his admission, having an Army officer deliver the letter to his parents.The family has started the Peter Wang Foundation, which offers a scholarship to help disadvantaged students from the local Chinese-American community and makes charitable donations to organizations Peter supported. A foundation spokesman said Wang’s mother, Linda Wang, is currently in China and unavailable for comment.“I don’t know how to use language to express the pain of losing my oldest son, Peter,” his mother said in a statement read at the shooter’s trial. “He had always made me so proud. I have four tattoos of Peter on my body. I get one every year on Feb. 14 to symbolize that he is still with me.”
After a gunman murdered 14 students and three staff members at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School five years ago Tuesday, their families were left with a burning question: How do we go on with our lives while honoring our loved one’s memory?
Most have answered by starting foundations or performing other charitable work dedicated to a variety of causes: protecting students; building parks and gardens; providing scholarships; fighting disease and helping the disabled; sending kids to camp; teaching children to swim, dance, create art or play music and sports; and tightening gun laws.
“For all of them, their biggest fear was that their loved one would be forgotten,” said Florida state Rep. Christine Hunschofsky, who was Parkland’s mayor in 2018 when the shooting happened. “They do this work to keep their spirit alive.”
Still, she said, “it is really important to remember that no matter how many ‘good things’ have come out of the aftermath, no one is ever the same again. No one loses that pain.”
Their families were left with a burning question: How do we go on with our lives while honoring our loved one’s memory?
Most of the families also belong to the group Stand With Parkland. Those families work with lawmakers nationally to see tougher school safety regulations enacted, train administrators to conduct more thorough threat assessments and assure threats reported to the FBI are passed to local law enforcement. The group also promotes gun safety.
“When we listen to each other, politics doesn’t have to be a bad thing,” said Philip Schentrup, who lost his 16-year-old daughter Carmen in the shooting. “If you realize that 90% of the stuff in this world we agree on, it is not hard to make positive change.”
Some family projects have a political bent, but most don’t. Overall, millions of dollars have been raised.
These are their causes:
Alyssa Alhadeff
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Lori Alhadeff holds a picture of her daughter during the sentencing hearing for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. Alhadeffâs daughter, Alyssa, was killed in the 2018 shootings. Cruz, who plead guilty to 17 counts of premeditated murder in the 2018 shootings, is the most lethal mass shooter to stand trial in the U.S. He was previously sentenced to 17 additional consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole for 17 additional counts of attempted murder for the students he injured that day. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)
After losing their 14-year-old daughter Alyssa, Ilan and Lori Alhadeff began their foundation, Make Our Schools Safe. It advocates in state legislatures for “Alyssa’s Law,” which requires that teachers receive panic buttons tied directly to law enforcement. The law has been enacted in Florida, New York and New Jersey, and it is being considered federally and in several states.
The foundation has also distributed kits for treating gunshot victims, and it started Make Our Schools Safe clubs to give students a voice and instruction on violence prevention.
“We want to do everything that we can to create a safer school environment,” said Lori Alhadeff, who was elected to the Broward County school board nine months after the shooting. She is now its chairwoman. “We want to make sure that (children) are protected and that they come home alive.”
She said being on the school board and running the foundation “turned my pain and grief into action.”
Her daughter frequented the beach, excelled in math and Spanish, was a gifted writer and captain of her soccer team. She wasn’t afraid to speak her mind.
“Through Alyssa’s Law, I know Alyssa is saving a lot of lives,” she said.
Scott Beigel
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Linda Beigel Schulman holds a photograph of her son, Scott Beigel, before giving her victim impact statement during the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Monday, August 1, 2022. Beigel Schulman’s son, Scott Beigel, was killed in the 2018 shootings. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)
Geography teacher and cross country coach Scott Beigel died a hero, shot as he herded panicked students into his classroom, where they all survived. In a few months, Beigel, 35, would have been working as a summer camp counselor. He loved to camp, attending every year since he was 6.
“(Camp) was Scott’s magic place,” his mother, Linda Beigel Schulman, said. “He could be a kid. He could be whoever he wanted to be.”
So, two days after her son’s murder, she and Beigel’s stepfather, Michael Schulman, started the Scott J. Beigel Memorial Fund, which pays for underprivileged children touched by gun violence to attend sleep-away camp — and return annually if they maintain good grades and stay out of trouble. This summer, 250 children will participate.
“I want to keep the kids away from drugs and gangs. I want to do it so they don’t have to be rehabilitated after they are incarcerated,” his mother said. “Every one of those kids has a piece of Scott’s heart.”
Martin Duque
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Victim Advocate Jennifer Mejia Coronell holds a photograph of Martin Duque Anguiano before reading a victim impact statement on behalf of the Duque family during the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. Duque Anguiano was killed in the 2018 shootings. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)
Martin Duque, 14, was born in Mexico but wanted to become a U.S. Navy Seal; he belonged to the school’s Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. He loved sports and was a devoted churchgoer. His family has no known foundation or charity and has kept out of the public eye.
“He was a smart kid who always helped others even before himself,” his family said in a statement that was read at the shooter’s trial. “His favorite movie was ‘Star Wars.’ He was basically an old soul. His family loved him in every situation and he would tell his parents that when he grew up, he would buy them a house. We miss him very much.”
Nick Dworet
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Annika Dworet holds a photo of her son, Nicholas, as she and her husband, Mitch, take the stand to give their witness impact statements during the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. Nicholas, was killed, and the Dworet’s other son, Alexander, was injured in the 2018 shootings. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)
Nick Dworet was a star swimmer who loved to promote his sport. The night before the 17-year-old died, he spoke to the younger swimmers at his club to encourage them. That’s why his parents, Mitch and Annika Dworet, have focused the Nicholas Dworet Memorial Fund on swimming and water safety.
The fund provides college scholarships to swimmers and divers in South Florida and at
the University of Indianapolis, where Nick Dworet planned to compete. It organizes training days for swimmers, works with the Special Olympics and offers swimming lessons for underprivileged children.
“We are much smaller than a lot of the other charities and foundations of the other families,” said Joseph Chiarella, the fund’s treasurer. “But we plan to expand as needed and requested.”
Aaron Feis
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Family friend Marilyn Binner holds a photo of Aaron Feis before reading a victim impact statement on behalf of Feis’s widow, Melissa Feis, during the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. Aaron Feis was killed in the 2018 shootings. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)
Aaron Feis, a security guard and assistant football coach, hurried to the building after being told a gunman was inside, but he was shot just as he got to the door. The 37-year-old, who had graduated from Stoneman Douglas, received the National Football Foundation’s gold medal for his actions.
His parents started a foundation in his name that assisted needy students with supplies and other essentials. But the family said it became too much for them to handle alone during the pandemic and went inactive. Feis, Scott Beigel and Chris Hixon, the school’s athletic director and wrestling coach who was also killed in the attack, were honored at the 2018 ESPY Awards as the national coaches of the year.
In a statement read at the shooter’s trial, his widow, Melissa Feis, said they met when she was 16 at a church service, and over the next two decades he “knew he could make a difference in the lives of others.”
“Aaron had a knack for putting others at ease. His presence, jovial smile and humor made him a person others sought to be around,” she wrote.
Jaime Guttenberg
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Fred Guttenberg, with his wife, Jennifer, holds a photograph of their daughter, Jaime, before giving his victim impact statement during the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. Jaime was killed in the 2018 shootings. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)
Fred and Jennifer Guttenberg started Orange Ribbons for Jaime in honor of their 14-year-old daughter who loved dance and dogs and planned to become a pediatric physical therapist. The name comes from the thousands of orange ribbons her dance troupe made after Jaime’s murder — orange was her favorite color. They were worn by dance companies nationwide, including by the Broadway cast of “Hamilton.”
The charity provides college scholarships to dancers, special needs children and students who want to go into helping fields, like physical therapy.
The foundation is also starting “Paws of Love,” which will give puppies and a free year of dog supplies and vet care to families affected by gun violence. Fred Guttenberg said his youngest dog, which was 4 months old when Jaime was killed, “saved my family” by giving the couple and their son something to care for.
“I can’t see myself doing the political activist thing indefinitely,” said Guttenberg, who has become a national spokesman for stronger gun laws. “But honoring my daughter and ensuring that this country remembers who she was and why she mattered is something I’ll never stop doing.”
Chris Hixon
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Debbie Hixon holds a photograph of her husband, Christopher, before giving her victim impact statement during the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday, August 4, 2022. Christopher was killed in the 2018 shootings.Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)
Athletic director and wrestling coach Chris Hixon died a hero — he was the first person who tried to stop the shooter. The 49-year-old Navy veteran charged directly at him, but he was hit by gunfire and fell to the floor. He took cover in an alcove, but he was shot again. He tried to get to his feet for several minutes before law enforcement came to his aid.
To honor him, his family started the Chris Hixon Foundation, which gives scholarships annually to five Broward County athletes. His son, Tom, said the charity soon hopes to offer sports camps, likely for students with special needs, and wrestling tournaments that offer small scholarships to the winners.
Tom Hixon said the family focused on scholarships for athletes to honor the thousands his father inspired over his 27-year career to continue their educations.
“He knew it wasn’t just about sports — he stressed academics, too,” Hixon said.
Luke Hoyer
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Gena Hoyer holds a photograph of her son, Luke, who was killed in the 2018 shootings, as she awaits the verdict in the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. Cruz, who plead guilty to 17 counts of premeditated murder in the 2018 shootings, is the most lethal mass shooter to stand trial in the U.S. He was previously sentenced to 17 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole for 17 additional counts of attempted murder for the students he injured that day. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)
Luke Hoyer, 15, loved sports, and his mother, Gena, works with foster children. So she and her husband, Tom, combined those two interests for the Luke Hoyer Athletic Fund, which pays for foster children to participate in travel league sports and martial arts and dance lessons. Those can cost more than $1,000 for each child, something foster parents usually can’t afford and don’t get reimbursed for.
Luke was known for his dry humor and was jokingly called “the king of the one-word answer.”
“I’ve always liked sports as a way to help kids as a mini life lesson,” Tom Hoyer said. “The fact that Luke played sports and (his mother) knew that these kids couldn’t go into these programs, it seemed like a good fit and the right thing to do.”
Cara Loughran
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Family friend Isabel Dalu holds a photograph of Cara Loughran before giving a victim impact statement on behalf of the Loughran family during the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. Cara Loughran was killed in the 2018 shootings. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)
Cara Loughran adored all things Irish. The 14-year-old, who performed Irish dance, was set to appear in a St. Patrick’s Day festival the month after her death. Her family was also planning a trip that summer to the island nation, where some of her relatives live.
The family established Cara Dances On, which provides college scholarships for students at the dance studio where she took lessons. Her mother declined to comment.
“She loved the beach, she loved to surf and, most of all, she loved spending time with her family,” a statement read by a family friend at the shooter’s trial said. “Losing Cara has left a crushing absence in their lives.”
Gina Montalto
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Jennifer Montalto holds a picture of her daughter, Gina, before giving her victim impact statement during the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. Gina Montalto was killed in the 2018 shootings. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)
Gina Montalto spent much of her time reading, studying and drawing. She was an enthusiastic Girl Scout, posthumously receiving the group’s highest rank, the Gold Award.
Sometimes the 14-year-old with straight A’s and a bright personality wanted to be a veterinarian; other times she wanted to design attractions for Walt Disney World. Her parents, Tony and Jennifer Montalto, through the Gina Rose Montalto Memorial Foundation, are covering all those interests by helping dozens of college students and others.
The foundation provides scholarships to Girl Scouts, nursing students and students in science, technology, math and the arts. There have also been scholarships for Stoneman Douglas grads, even to some who simply demonstrated kindness. The foundation also hosts a ceremony for South Florida Girl Scouts who have received their Silver Award — the highest rank a middle schooler can achieve — and supports projects where Gina volunteered, including groups that help children with special needs.
As part of the process, the scholarship recipients learn about Gina and what she stood for, her father said. That helps the family cope.
“We ask that they keep in touch with us at least once a year to let us know how they are progressing,” he said. “This is a way to keep Gina’s light shining.”
Joaquin Oliver
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Patricia Padauy Oliver holds a photograph of her son, Joaquin Oliver before giving her victim impact statement during the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Monday, August 1, 2022. Joaquin Oliver, was killed in the 2018 shootings. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)
Manuel and Patricia Oliver’s goal with their foundation, Change the Ref, is to challenge the political influence of the National Rifle Association and gun manufacturers. They say the firearms industry has bought and intimidated politicians, leading to the death of their 17-year-old son, Joaquin, who was known for his writing and his ability to make friends. The foundation’s name comes from something Joaquin would say after bad calls cost his basketball team a game — that nothing would change without new refs.
“Once we started looking at what the root cause of this issue (was), we saw that these ‘referees’ that we elect are not making the right calls, so we don’t have a fair game,” Manuel Oliver said.
The couple travels the country in a modified school bus emblazoned with “Stop Gun Violence” to directly confront politicians. For example, last year the foundation rented 52 school buses and drove them to the Houston office of Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, the empty seats representing children fatally shot.
They also go after Democrats, including President Joe Biden. Invited to a gun bill signing at the White House last year, Manuel Oliver shouted “You have to do more!” at Biden before being escorted out.
Patricia Oliver said because their son died in a school shooting, they have a platform that parents whose children died in everyday gun violence don’t have.
“It is not only school shootings we need to pay attention to — that is a very selfish way to see it. This is beyond school shootings,” she said.
Alaina Petty
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Meghan Petty holds a photograph of her sister, Alaina Petty, Kelly Petty breaks down as she is asked to identify her daughter in a photograph before giving her victim impact statement during the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Monday, August 1, 2022. Alaina Petty was killed in the 2018 shootings. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)
After Ryan Petty’s 14-year-old daughter Alaina was murdered, he was appointed to the state commission that investigated why the shooting happened and how it could have been prevented.
As he learned what led up to it, he became convinced the answer isn’t tighter gun laws, which he says don’t work, but more effective intervention and communication by school administrators, mental health providers and law enforcement. Many people reported the Parkland shooter’s threats, but no authorities acted or shared information.
In response, Petty and his wife, Kelly, started The WalkUp Foundation, which has worked with government, law enforcement and school officials to improve communication so potential shooters are identified. He points to Secret Service findings that almost all school shooters showed “disturbing behaviors” well before acting.
He said the idea isn’t to arrest more students but to get them help.
“If those were reported and acted on by authorities, you could divert that person off the pathway to violence, and we think that is the best outcome for everyone,” Petty said.
Alaina did volunteer work through her church, including cleanup after 2017′s Hurricane Irma, and took part in the ROTC. She loved watching crime shows on TV, Spanish music and her dogs, and she wanted to be a mom.
“I couldn’t let (Alaina’s) death just pass by and not try to prevent that from happening to another family,” her father said.
Meadow Pollack
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With her face wet with tears, Shara Kaplan returns to her seat after giving her victim impact statement during the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. Kaplan’s daughter, Meadow Pollack, was killed in the 2018 shootings. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)
Andrew Pollack believes firmly his 18-year-old daughter Meadow and the five others who died on the third floor of the attacked classroom building would have lived if the school’s sheriff’s deputy had charged inside to confront the shooter on the first floor instead of staying outside.
His foundation, Meadow’s Movement, recently began giving backpacks to school police and security officers that convert almost instantly into bullet-resistant vests, unfolding in one motion over the head. That also pulls onto the officers’ chest a rifle with a stock that unfolds — they won’t have to confront a well-armed shooter with just a handgun. When not in use, the backpack keeps the rifle hidden from students it might scare them.
“It gives (officers) within a second something ... that could even the playing field,” said Pollack, who spoke at the 2020 Republican National Convention. Still, he doesn’t think Parkland’s deputy, who is facing criminal charges for his inaction, would have gone in with a vest and rifle, calling him an obscenity.
His daughter, who wanted to be a lawyer, was known for her outgoing personality and her love of working out. To honor her love of exercise and fun, the foundation also builds playgrounds, including one costing $1 million not far from Stoneman Douglas.
“It helps with the healing, seeing the kids playing and smiling,” he said.
Helena Ramsay
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Anne Ramsay holds a picture of her daughter, Helena, before giving her victim impact statement during the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday, August 4, 2022. Helena was killed in the 2018 shootings. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)
When Helena Ramsay was a little girl, she would go with her mother to the community garden in the park near their home to help plant vegetables, build the beds and paint signs. That made the 17-year-old, who had come to the United States as a toddler from Great Britain, a champion of environmental causes, said her mother, Anne Ramsay, who helped manage the garden.
She said when the shooting happened, there was still one section of the garden that wasn’t being used. Ramsay said one day she was sitting there, reading and trying to find comfort, when a cardinal sat on the fence and began singing to her.
“I said, ‘OK God, that’s my Helena communicating with me,’” she said.
That was when she decided to make that section a memorial garden for her daughter, a clarinet player who was tall, graceful and athletic, and a participant in Model United Nations.
Visitors to Helena’s section are greeted by a monument featuring a smiling portrait of her and a dedication to those who died in the shooting. Their names are engraved on the back. The garden features benches for meditating, a small stone labyrinth, or maze, various flowers and 17 bamboo trees. People use the area to do yoga, exercise, read or relax.
Ramsay said while some families have been more vocal and public over the years, planting the garden was more her style. Helena’s death was just one of a string of tragedies to hit the family in recent years, including the deaths of Anne Ramsay’s parents and the loss of a nephew in another shooting.
“I needed peace and quiet, I needed healing, and I found that in this niche,” she said.
Alex Schachter
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Max Schachter speaks to the media wearing a pin in honor of his son Alex Schachter after the sentencing hearing for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. Cruz, who plead guilty to 17 counts of premeditated murder in the 2018 shootings, is the most lethal mass shooter to stand trial in the U.S. He was previously sentenced to 17 additional consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole for 17 additional counts of attempted murder for the students he injured that day. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)
After his 14-year-old son Alex died, Max Schachter ended his insurance practice and made promoting school safety his full-time mission. He joined the state commission with Ryan Petty and started Safe Schools for Alex, traveling the country learning the best security practices and presenting those to school districts, law enforcement and government officials. The foundation’s website also has a dashboard where parents in several states can examine safety data for their child’s school.
It lets them see if there is a problem — or if their school’s administrators are obviously hiding problems, as Stoneman Douglas’ did. On annual safety reports between 2014 and 2017, Stoneman Douglas administrators claimed their 3,200 students committed zero acts of bullying and three acts of vandalism, for example.
“Alex was murdered in an unsafe school,” Schachter said. “I thought this is the area where I could have the biggest impact. It is not partisan. It is not controversial. School safety is something everyone should be able to rally behind.”
The foundation also provides online one-on-one lessons for underprivileged middle school band members. Alex, who loved cars and planned to attend the University of Connecticut, played trombone in the Stoneman Douglas band, which had won the state halftime show competition shortly before his murder.
“It is one of my happiest memories,” Schachter said.
Carmen Schentrup
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Victim Advocate Director Ta’Veca Collins holds a photograph of Carmen Schentrup before reading a victim impact statement on behalf of the Schentrup family during the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. Schentrup was killed in the 2018 shootings. Schentrup previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)
Carmen Schentrup had a laser focus on her future — a straight-A student and National Merit Scholarship finalist, she planned to become a doctor who researched amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly called Lou Gehrig’s Disease. The devastating disease, which slowly destroys a person’s bodily functions, had taken two people close to her: a great aunt and a choir director. Carmen, 16, wanted to find its cure.
That’s why her parents, Philip and April, started the Carmen Schentrup ALS Research Fund, also known as “Carmen’s Dream,” through the ALS Foundation. Seeded with the money their daughter left in her savings account, it has now raised more than $250,000 for the ALS Foundation.
“It is a very positive outcome to see people supporting Carmen’s Dream and trying to make the world a better place,” her father said.
Peter Wang
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Hui Wang becomes emotional as she is asked to hold a photograph of her son, Peter Wang, during victim impact statements in the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday, August 4, 2022. Peter Wang was killed in the 2018 shootings. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)
Peter Wang, an ROTC member, dreamed of attending the United States Military Academy and becoming a pilot. After the 15-year-old’s death, the academy accepted his admission, having an Army officer deliver the letter to his parents.
The family has started the Peter Wang Foundation, which offers a scholarship to help disadvantaged students from the local Chinese-American community and makes charitable donations to organizations Peter supported. A foundation spokesman said Wang’s mother, Linda Wang, is currently in China and unavailable for comment.
“I don’t know how to use language to express the pain of losing my oldest son, Peter,” his mother said in a statement read at the shooter’s trial. “He had always made me so proud. I have four tattoos of Peter on my body. I get one every year on Feb. 14 to symbolize that he is still with me.” | 2023-02-13T21:56:06+00:00 | koat.com | https://www.koat.com/article/parkland-family-marjory-stoneman-shooting-victims/42863869 |
OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities came under pressure Tuesday to arrest and charge a white woman who fired through her front her door and killed a Black neighbor in a case that has put Florida’s divisive stand your ground law back into the spotlight.
About three dozen mostly Black protesters gathered outside the Marion County Judicial Center to demand that the shooter be arrested in the country’s latest flashpoint over race and gun violence. The chief prosecutor, State Attorney William Gladson, met with the protesters and urged patience while the investigation continues.
“If we are going to make a case we need as much time and as much evidence as possible,” Gladson said. “I don’t want to compromise any criminal investigation and I’m not going to do that.”
Ajike Owens, a 35-year-old mother of four, was killed in the Friday night shooting that Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said was the culmination of a 2½-year feud between neighbors. The women lived in the rolling hills south of Ocala, a north Florida city that is the heart of the state’s horse country.
Woods said Monday detectives are working with the State Attorney’s Office and must investigate possible self-defense claims before they can move forward with any possible criminal charges. The sheriff pointed out that because of the stand your ground law he can’t legally make an arrest unless he can prove the shooter did not act in self-defense.
On Tuesday, a stuffed teddy bear and bouquets marked the area near where Owens was shot. Nearby, children were riding bikes and scooters, and playing basketball. Protesters chanted “No justice, no peace” and “A.J. A.J. A.J” using Owens’ nickname. They carried signs saying: “Say her name Ajike Owens” and “It’s about us.”
Outside, the Rev. Bernard Tuggerson said the Black community in Ocala has suffered injustices for years. “Marion County is suffering and needs to be healed completely,” he said. “If we don’t turn from our wicked ways of the world, it’s going to be an ongoing problem. We want answers.”
The sheriff said Owens was shot moments after going to the apartment of her neighbor, who had yelled at Owens’ children as they played in a nearby lot. He also said the neighbor, who has not been identified by police, had thrown a pair of skates that hit one of the children.
Deputies responding to a trespassing call at the apartment Friday night found Owens suffering from gunshot wounds. She later died at a hospital.
Before the confrontation, the shooter had been yelling racial slurs at the children, according to a statement from civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Owens’ family. He also represented Trayvon Martin’s family in 2012, when the Black teenager was killed in a case that drew worldwide attention to the state’s stand your ground law.
The sheriff’s office hasn’t confirmed there were slurs uttered or said whether race was a factor in the shooting.
Lauren Smith, 40, lives across the street from where the shooting happened. She was on her porch that day and saw one of Owens’ young sons pacing, and yelling, “They shot my mama, they shot my mama.”
She ran toward the house, and started chest compressions until a rescue crew arrived. She said there wasn’t an altercation and that Owens didn’t have a weapon.
“She was angry all the time that the children were playing out there,” Smith said. “She would say nasty things to them. Just nasty.” Smith, who is white, described the neighborhood is family friendly.
The sheriff said that since January 2021, deputies responded at least a half-dozen calls in connection with what police described as feuding between Owens and the woman who shot her.
“There was a lot of aggressiveness from both of them, back and forth,” the sheriff said the shooter told investigators. “Whether it be banging on the doors, banging on the walls and threats being made. And then at that moment is when Ms. Owens was shot through the door.”
“I’m absolutely heartbroken,” Angela Ferrell-Zabala, executive director of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, told The Associated Press. She described the fatal shooting as “so senseless.”
“We’ve seen this again and again across this country,” she said, adding that “it’s really because of lax gun laws and a culture of shoot first.”
Ferrell-Zabala said stand your ground cases, which she refers to as “shoot first laws,” are deemed justifiable five times more frequently when a white shooter kills a Black victim.
In 2017, Florida lawmakers updated the state’s self-defense statute to shift the burden of proof from a person claiming self-defense to prosecutors. That means authorities have to rule out self-defense before bringing charges. Before the change in law, prosecutors could charge someone with a shooting, and then defense attorneys would have to present an affirmative defense for why their client shouldn’t be convicted.
In fact, stand your ground and “castle doctrine” cases — which allow residents to defend themselves either by law or court precedent when threatened — have sparked outrage amid a spate of shootings across the country.
In April, 84-year-old Andrew Lester, a white man, shot and injured 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager who rang his doorbell in Kansas City after mistakenly showing up at the wrong house to pick up his younger siblings. Lester faces charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal action; at trial, he may argue that he thought someone was trying to break into his house, as he told police.
Missouri and Florida are among about 30 states that have stand your ground laws.
The most well-known examples of the stand your ground argument came up in the trial of George Zimmerman, who fatally shot Trayvon Martin.
Zimmerman, who had a white father and Hispanic mother, told police that Martin attacked him, forcing him to use his gun in self-defense. He was allowed to go free, but was arrested about six weeks later after Martin’s parents questioned his version of events and then-Gov. Rick Scott appointed a special prosecutor.
Before trial, Zimmerman’s attorneys chose not to pursue a stand your ground claim, which could have resulted in the dismissal of murder changes as well as immunity from prosecution. But during the trial, the law was essentially used as part of his self-defense argument. Jurors found him not guilty.
At a vigil Monday, Owens’ mother, Pamela Dias, said that she was seeking justice for her daughter and her grandchildren.
“My daughter, my grandchildren’s mother, was shot and killed with her 9-year-old son standing next to her,” Dias said. “She had no weapon. She posed no imminent threat to anyone.”
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Frisaro in Fort Lauderdale contributed to this report. | 2023-06-07T10:21:52+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/news/national/sheriff-probes-self-defense-claim-of-white-woman-who-fatally-shot-black-neighbor-in-front-of-kids/ |
BOSTON (SHNS) – A passenger rail extension into western Massachusetts looms as one of the most impactful projects on the table now that Gov. Charlie Baker and federal officials have identified a “path forward” for it, but lawmakers still will not say what — if anything — they will do in the next two months to get the idea off the ground.
Representatives and senators on the Bonding Committee on Wednesday pressed Baker’s transportation and environmental secretaries about features and omissions in a more than $9.7 billion infrastructure bond bill moving on Beacon Hill.
After a lengthy presentation by administration officials delivered at a hybrid hearing in Room A-2, co-chair Rep. Danielle Gregoire called East-West Rail “the elephant in the room” that went unaddressed.
However, neither Gregoire nor her fellow co-chair, Sen. Nick Collins, committed to redrafting the latest version of the bill (H 4798) to make the long-sought project more of a focus or to create the passenger rail authority that Baker and Congressman Richard Neal have said is necessary.
“I don’t know the answer to that yet,” Gregoire told the News Service when asked if her panel would add dedicated East-West Rail funding to the bill or create the new rail agency.
“We have a lot of options on the table right now,” she added, noting the July 31 deadline to wrap up formal lawmaking business for the two-year session. “We have a lot of work to do and not a lot of time to do it. We’ve got eight weeks at this point to get this nine-plus billion dollars out the door. I think everything’s on the table at this point.”
Baker filed his bill (H 4561) in March and urged the Legislature to act expeditiously, calling for prompt action to maximize the impact of a new federal infrastructure law set to steer billions in guaranteed formula dollars to Massachusetts and make even more money available through competitive grants.
The Transportation Committee late last month produced its own redraft (H 4798) of the bill, slightly bulking up its bottom line. Democratic legislative leaders have given no indication of when they intend to bring the bill up for floor votes, but action is expected this month or in July.
Transportation Secretary Jamey Tesler told lawmakers that the bill, filed about a month before the administration and federal officials announced the East-West Rail breakthrough, targets competitive grant funds to drive investment in the project. States must put matching dollars on the table to qualify for reimbursement from any of the new or expanded grants.
“For the purpose of this bill, I would point to the $3.5 billion in competitive matching (funds),” Tesler told Gregoire. “For rail improvements in the commonwealth, including East-West Rail, I would point to that as the target we put in the bill.”
When they announced they had agreed to advance the effort, Baker and Neal described plans for the Legislature to create a new rail authority to oversee the extension west of Worcester, where the MBTA’s commuter rail network ends.
Neal at the time said the agreement pivoted on using a pending infrastructure bond bill to create that new authority, but the Transportation Committee did not add any such language to its redraft of the legislation.
An aide said Wednesday that Neal, who chairs the powerful U.S. House Ways and Means Committee and served as mayor of Springfield in the 1980s, “continues to hold conversations with Speaker Mariano, Senate President Spilka, and MassDOT to ensure that this authority is included in the end of year package making its way through Beacon Hill.”
One lawmaker at Wednesday’s Bonding Committee hearing questioned whether standing up a new agency should be a prerequisite to launching expanded train service, saying the Amtrak Downeaster route between Boston and Brunswick, Maine, began running before officials agreed to its permanent governance.
“I’m just wondering: since we don’t need the authority to get the federal money, why take that approach?” said Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa of Northampton.
Tesler replied that Massachusetts faces an “unprecedented environment of competition.”
“There isn’t any clear, bright line about what you absolutely need versus what you want,” Tesler said. “Do you absolutely need it? I can’t say that. But we’re just trying to give the best advice, and that was the conversation we’ve been having with everybody relative to what we think puts us in the strongest position to outcompete other areas for some of the grants I just mentioned and future grants.”
Lawmakers also floated concerns about funding for commuter rail electrification. Collins, a South Boston Democrat, said he is frustrated that the bill focuses on electric vehicle charging infrastructure and electric bikes but does not go as far on shifting the commuter rail system away from diesel vehicles.
“I don’t know how we can put a bill forward like this that doesn’t ensure that happens now,” Collins said.
In November 2019, the MBTA oversight board at the time voted unanimously in favor of electrifying the commuter rail system and increasing the frequency of train service through the most dense corridors.
Transit advocates have grown frustrated in the ensuing years at what they decry as a lack of follow-through on that vote, which came from a panel that has since dissolved and been replaced.
Tesler said Wednesday that the MBTA and MassDOT will need to build out infrastructure before committing to an electrified commuter rail network, similar to the work underway to construct or retrofit bus garages equipped to handle electric vehicles.
The MBTA filed an application for grant dollars to put toward a commuter rail maintenance facility south of Boston, Tesler said.
“In order to move to that future and to address some of your points and others’ concerns, we do need to have the facilities to support that,” Tesler said.
While he was more noncommittal on East-West Rail, Collins told the News Service that his panel is considering ways to push for faster electrification across the MBTA commuter rail network.
“We’ve got to be mindful of the fact that this is long overdue,” Collins said. “We can’t keep coming up with disparities on health and still doing the same thing. What we heard today was encouraging by the leadership at transportation, [energy and environmental affairs] and the MBTA, but I think we need to speed it up, and I think we’re going to look at ways to do that in this bill.”
(Michael P. Norton contributed reporting.) | 2022-06-03T18:33:20+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/legislatures-approach-to-east-west-rail-authority-remains-clouded-2/ |
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Millions of people who've been immersed in the anti-abortion movement for the past half-century are rejoicing after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Among them is 70-year-old Tanya Britton of Tupelo, Mississippi, who came to see her own abortion as a teenager as wrong and spent decades hoisting signs outside of clinics, cajoling lawmakers at the statehouse and spreading her anti-abortion gospel to anyone who'd listen.
She sees the court's action as the answer to decades of prayers.
Around the country, many others mourned the decision, seeing it as one that robs a basic human right, inordinately affects poor people, and could lead to needless deaths of desperate women.
Friday's ruling comes more than a month after the stunning leak of a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito indicating the court was prepared to overturn the historic court case.
Those in favor of overturning it included Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. The latter three justices were appointed by former President Donald Trump.
Thomas voted to overrule Roe 30 years ago. | 2022-06-24T16:43:23+00:00 | tmj4.com | https://www.tmj4.com/news/national/weve-done-our-part-end-of-roe-brings-answer-to-prayer |
Police arrest mother of 7-year-old girl whose body was found decaying in closet
ATLANTA (AP) — Police in Georgia have arrested the mother of a 7-year-old girl whose body was found decaying in the closet of a vacant apartment.
Alondra Hobbs, 27, was charged with felony murder and cruelty in the second degree, DeKalb County police said on Facebook. It was not immediately clear whether she had an attorney.
A police spokeswoman, Officer Elise Wells, said Hobbs was at a hospital Friday. She was charged on Thursday, according to police. They identified her daughter as Alivia Hobbs-Jordan.
An officer discovered the girl’s body last Sunday at an apartment complex outside Atlanta after someone called to report a dead child in the closet, according to a police report.
A neighbor told the officer the tenant had moved out and she had not seen her for a couple of months. The officer said he saw what appeared to be a full head of hair and a decaying arm and leg in the closet.
Another officer found a piece of mail with the name Alondra Hobbs on it, according to the report.
Police have not said how the girl died.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-01T20:19:17+00:00 | foxcarolina.com | https://www.foxcarolina.com/2023/07/01/police-arrest-mother-7-year-old-girl-whose-body-was-found-decaying-closet/ |
CA San Francisco Bay Area Zone Forecast for Friday, January 6, 2023
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San Francisco Bay Area/Central California Zone Forecast
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
301 AM PST Sat Jan 7 2023
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CAZ505-080200-
Coastal North Bay...Including Point Reyes National Seashore-
301 AM PST Sat Jan 7 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST SUNDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Rain. Lows around 50. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts to around 40 mph.
.SATURDAY...Breezy. Rain in the morning, then showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
50s. Southeast winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 50 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Showers and a chance of thunderstorms.
Locally heavy rainfall possible in the evening. Lows around 50.
South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 50 mph...becoming
15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 40 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely in the morning, then a chance of rain in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Breezy, rain. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast
winds 10 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph with gusts to
around 45 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Rain likely. Rain may be heavy at times. Highs in the
upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY...Rain. Highs in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Rain likely. Lows in the upper
40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Rain likely. Lows around 50. Highs
in the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Point Reyes 46 53 49 57 / 90 100 100 60
$$
CAZ503-080200-
Sonoma Coastal Range-
301 AM PST Sat Jan 7 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST SUNDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Lows in the
upper 40s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around
40 mph.
.SATURDAY...Rain in the morning, then showers and a slight chance
of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Rain may be heavy at times in
the morning. Highs in the lower 50s. Southeast winds around
20 mph with gusts to around 50 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Locally
heavy rainfall possible in the evening. Lows in the upper 40s.
South winds 10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph decreasing to 35 mph
after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the mid 50s. South winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph increasing to around
20 mph with gusts to around 40 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Rain. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Rain. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in
the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the mid
40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Rain. Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
CAZ502-080200-
Marin Coastal Range-
301 AM PST Sat Jan 7 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST SUNDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Breezy, rain. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast
winds 20 to 30 mph.
.SATURDAY...Very windy. Rain in the morning, then showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Locally heavy
rainfall possible in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s.
Southeast winds 20 to 30 mph increasing to 30 to 45 mph in the
afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Very windy. Showers and a chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds 30 to 45 mph...
becoming 20 to 30 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely in the morning, then a chance of rain in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Very windy. Rain. Lows around 50. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph increasing to 30 to 45 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Very windy. Rain. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Breezy, rain. Lows in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY...Breezy, rain. Highs in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the mid
40s.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Highs in the lower
50s. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the mid
50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Rain likely. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
CAZ506-080200-
North Bay Interior Valleys-
301 AM PST Sat Jan 7 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST SUNDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Rain. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph.
.SATURDAY...Breezy. Rain in the morning, then showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Locally heavy
rainfall possible in the afternoon. Highs in the 40s to upper
50s. Southeast winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Breezy. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
evening. Showers. A chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows
in the mid 40s to lower 50s. South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts
to around 50 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy dense fog in the morning. A
chance of rain. Highs in the 50s to lower 60s. South winds 5 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Breezy, rain. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph after
midnight.
.MONDAY...Breezy. Rain likely. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the 40s to lower 50s.
.TUESDAY...Rain. Highs in the 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the 40s. Highs in the 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows in the 40s to lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the 50s to
lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Rain likely. Lows in the mid 40s to
lower 50s. Highs in the 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Santa Rosa 41 53 44 58 / 100 100 100 80
San Rafael 47 56 49 59 / 90 100 100 70
Napa 43 53 47 57 / 80 100 100 80
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CAZ504-080200-
North Bay Interior Mountains-
301 AM PST Sat Jan 7 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST SUNDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Breezy, rain. Lows in the mid 40s. Southeast
winds 20 to 30 mph.
.SATURDAY...Breezy. Rain in the morning, then showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Locally heavy
rainfall possible in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s.
Southeast winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Breezy. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
evening. Showers. A chance of thunderstorms after midnight.
Locally heavy rainfall possible in the evening. Lows in the mid
40s. South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the lower
50s. South winds 10 to 20 mph...becoming 5 to 10 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Breezy, rain. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast
winds 10 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Breezy, rain. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY...Breezy, rain. Highs in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the mid
40s.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Highs in the lower
50s. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the lower
50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Rain likely. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lake Berryessa 45 51 47 54 / 90 100 100 90
$$
CAZ006-080200-
San Francisco-
301 AM PST Sat Jan 7 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM PST
SUNDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Rain. Lows in the lower 50s. South winds 10 to
20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph.
.SATURDAY...Breezy, rain. Highs in the upper 50s. Southeast winds
20 to 30 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Breezy. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
evening. Showers. A chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows
in the lower 50s. South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around
50 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely in the morning, then a chance of rain in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Breezy, rain. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast
winds 10 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Breezy, rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Highs around
60.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY...Rain. Highs in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the upper
50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Rain likely. Lows in the lower 50s.
Highs in the upper 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Francisco 48 56 50 59 / 80 100 100 70
Ocean Beach 48 58 51 59 / 80 100 100 60
$$
CAZ509-080200-
San Francisco Peninsula Coast-
301 AM PST Sat Jan 7 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM PST
SUNDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows around 50.
South winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Breezy. Rain likely in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 20 to 30 mph
with gusts to around 50 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Very windy. Showers and a chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds 30 to 45 mph...
becoming 20 to 30 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the upper
50s. South winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Breezy, rain. Lows in the lower 50s. South winds
10 to 20 mph increasing to southeast 20 to 30 mph with gusts to
around 45 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Breezy, rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Highs around
60.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Lows in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY...Breezy. Rain likely. Highs in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows around 50.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Rain likely. Lows around 50. Highs
in the upper 50s.
$$
CAZ508-080200-
San Francisco Bay Shoreline-
301 AM PST Sat Jan 7 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM PST
SUNDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows around 50.
Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Rain. Highs in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 10 to
20 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
evening. Showers. A chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows
in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to
around 45 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely in the morning, then a chance of rain in
the afternoon. Highs around 60. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 5 to
15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 40 mph
after midnight.
.MONDAY...Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Highs in the lower
60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of
rain. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Rain likely. Lows around 50. Highs
in the upper 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
SFO Airport 49 58 52 61 / 80 100 100 60
Oakland 47 57 50 61 / 80 100 100 70
Fremont 45 56 49 60 / 50 100 100 60
Redwood City 45 58 49 61 / 70 100 100 60
Mountain View 45 56 50 59 / 50 100 100 50
$$
CAZ510-080200-
East Bay Interior Valleys-
301 AM PST Sat Jan 7 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM PST
SUNDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the upper
40s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Rain. Highs in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 10 to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s.
Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely in the morning, then a chance of rain in
the afternoon. Highs around 60. South winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph
after midnight.
.MONDAY...Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Highs in the upper
50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows around 50.
.TUESDAY...Rain. Highs in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance
of rain. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the upper 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Concord 44 56 48 60 / 60 100 100 70
Livermore 42 56 47 59 / 40 90 100 60
$$
CAZ513-080200-
Santa Clara Valley...including San Jose-
301 AM PST Sat Jan 7 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM PST
SUNDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the mid 40s
to lower 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s.
Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 40 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely in the morning, then a chance of rain in
the afternoon. Highs around 60. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds
10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Highs in the lower
60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY...Rain. Highs in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance
of rain. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs around 60.
.FRIDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the upper 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Jose 46 59 50 61 / 40 90 100 50
Morgan Hill 42 56 47 59 / 30 90 100 60
$$
CAZ512-080200-
Santa Cruz Mountains-
301 AM PST Sat Jan 7 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM PST
SUNDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the mid 40s.
Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Breezy. A chance of rain in the morning, then rain in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s. South winds
20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Very windy. A slight chance of thunderstorms in
the evening. Showers. A chance of thunderstorms after midnight.
Locally heavy rainfall possible. Lows in the 40s. South winds
30 to 45 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely in the morning, then a chance of rain in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s. South winds
10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Very windy. Rain. Lows in the upper 40s.
Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph increasing to 35 to 45 mph after
midnight.
.MONDAY...Very windy. Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Highs in
the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY...Breezy, rain. Highs in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance
of rain. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the 40s to upper 50s.
.FRIDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the 50s.
$$
CAZ515-080200-
East Bay Hills-
301 AM PST Sat Jan 7 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM PST
SUNDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the mid 40s.
South winds around 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Rain. Highs in the lower 50s. South winds 10 to
20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s.
South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 40 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely in the morning, then a chance of rain in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows around 50. Southeast winds around
10 mph increasing to around 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph
after midnight.
.MONDAY...Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Rain. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in
the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance
of rain. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
CAZ514-080200-
Eastern Santa Clara Hills-
301 AM PST Sat Jan 7 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM PST
SUNDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows near 40. South
winds around 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Breezy. Rain likely in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s. South winds 20 to 30 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Rain in the evening, then showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows near 40.
South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs around
50. South winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Breezy, rain. Lows in the 40s. Southeast winds
10 to 20 mph increasing to around 30 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Very windy. Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Highs in
the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Breezy, rain. Lows in the lower 40s.
Highs in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance
of rain. Lows in the mid 30s to upper 40s. Highs around 50.
.FRIDAY...Rain likely. Highs around 50.
$$
CAZ529-080200-
Northern Monterey Bay-
301 AM PST Sat Jan 7 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM PST
SUNDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the mid 40s.
East winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph with
gusts to around 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
evening. Showers. A chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows
in the upper 40s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the upper
50s. South winds around 5 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the morning.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows around 50. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph
increasing to 10 to 20 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Highs around 60.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Lows in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY...Rain. Highs in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance
of rain. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the upper 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Santa Cruz 43 56 47 58 / 40 90 100 50
$$
CAZ530-080200-
Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast-
301 AM PST Sat Jan 7 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM PST
SUNDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in the
mid 40s to lower 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Rain likely in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph
with gusts to around 35 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Showers and a chance of thunderstorms.
Locally heavy rainfall possible in the evening. Lows in the lower
50s. Southeast winds 20 to 30 mph...becoming south 10 to 20 mph
after midnight. Gusts up to 45 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs around 60. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds
10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Highs in the lower
60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Lows in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY...Rain. Highs in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the
upper 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the
upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance
of rain. Lows near 50. Highs around 60.
.FRIDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the upper 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Monterey 45 60 50 61 / 20 90 100 50
Big Sur 44 56 47 58 / 20 90 100 50
$$
CAZ528-080200-
Northern Salinas Valley...Hollister Valley...and Carmel Valley-
301 AM PST Sat Jan 7 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM PST
SUNDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in the
mid 40s. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the upper 50s. Southeast winds
10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
evening. Showers. A chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows
in the upper 40s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to
around 45 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the lower
60s. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Breezy. A chance of rain in the evening, then
rain after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 5 to
15 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Rain. Highs in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Lows around 50.
.TUESDAY...Rain. Highs in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the mid
40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the
upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance
of rain. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs near 60.
.FRIDAY...Rain likely. Highs around 60.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Salinas 42 58 48 61 / 10 90 100 50
Carmel Valley 42 59 48 61 / 20 90 100 60
Hollister 42 56 48 59 / 10 80 100 60
$$
CAZ516-080200-
Southern Salinas Valley...Arroyo Seco...and Lake San Antonio-
301 AM PST Sat Jan 7 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM PST
SUNDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the lower 40s.
Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. A chance of
rain in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Southeast winds
5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s.
Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely in the morning. A chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...A chance of rain in the evening, then rain after
midnight. Lows around 50. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph increasing
to 10 to 20 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Rain. Highs around 60.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Lows in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY...Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs in
the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. A chance of rain.
Lows in the lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. Highs in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of
rain. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
King City 38 58 47 58 / 10 70 100 60
$$
CAZ517-080200-
Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest-
301 AM PST Sat Jan 7 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM PST
SUNDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Lows in the
upper 30s to mid 40s. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Breezy. A slight chance of rain in the morning, then
rain likely in the afternoon. Highs in the 40s to 50s. South
winds 20 to 30 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Very windy. Showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Locally heavy rainfall possible. Lows in the 30s
to mid 40s. South winds 30 to 45 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely in the morning, then a chance of rain in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 60s. South winds
10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Very windy. Rain. Lows in the 40s to lower 50s.
South winds 20 to 30 mph increasing to southeast 30 to 45 mph
after midnight.
.MONDAY...Very windy. Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Highs in
the upper 40s to lower 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Very windy. Showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the 40s.
.TUESDAY...Very windy. Showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Locally heavy rainfall possible. Highs in the mid
40s to upper 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the
lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of
rain. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 60s. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the
mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 60s.
$$
CAZ518-080200-
Mountains of San Benito and Interior Monterey County including
Pinnacles National Park-
301 AM PST Sat Jan 7 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM PST
SUNDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy. Lows in the 30s to upper 40s.
Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Breezy. A chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to upper 50s. Southeast winds
10 to 20 mph increasing to south 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Rain in the evening, then showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid
30s to upper 40s. South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around
45 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely in the morning, then a slight chance of
rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to upper 50s. South
winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Breezy. A slight chance of rain in the evening,
then rain after midnight. Lows in the 40s to lower 50s. South
winds 10 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Breezy, rain. Highs in the 40s to upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Very windy. Showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the 40s to lower 50s.
.TUESDAY...Very windy. Rain. Highs in the 40s to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the
upper 30s to mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of
rain. Highs in the mid 40s to upper 50s. Lows in the 30s to upper
40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain.
Lows in the 40s to lower 50s. Highs in the mid 40s to upper 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Pinnacles NP 37 56 44 58 / 10 80 100 60
$$
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The opaque world of funding commodities trading in China is again under the spotlight.
The amounts being talked about are relatively small, certainly in the context of the aluminum market in China. The world’s biggest producer churned out over $100 billion of the lightweight metal last year, for everything from window frames to car parts. But what’s spooked traders is the similarity to a much bigger scandal eight years ago in the northern port city of Qingdao that caused a crisis of confidence in China’s metals markets.
What might cause the mismatch in stockpiles?
Commodities trading, whether that’s wheat, copper or oil, is typically a high-volume, low margin business. To optimize cash flow, traders often pledge their assets for loans. In the metals industry, that collateral takes the form of warehouse warrants, which record details like the quantity, quality, ownership and location of the goods.
Fabricating multiple warrants for a single stockpile of metals would allow the owner to access loans from more than one lender, a practice sometimes referred to as “over-pledging.” A mismatch between receipts and the actual quantity of metal could happen under such procedure.
Why would a trader take that risk?
Traders running on already razor-thin margins have been operating under even tougher financing conditions in recent months. Banks have become more cautious on lending because of bigger price swings caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as jitters over some high profile losses in the nickel market.
That’s encouraged some to seek alternative financing, including the practice where smaller, privately owned firms pledge their goods to larger, state-run traders to obtain cash. Commodities prices are also generally higher due to the war in Ukraine, which means that inventories may be worth more as a currency for making other investments.
The risk now is that larger traders aren’t going to lend to their smaller peers if they don’t have confidence that their loans are secured by valid warehouse warrants.
How was the potential foul uncovered?
That market volatility may have jangled creditors’ nerves. The sharp drop in aluminum prices after the latest virus outbreak locked down the entire city of Shanghai led some to try and take hold of the pledged metal, fearful that borrowers wouldn’t be able to repay their loans. That was when the mismatch between too many warrants and not enough aluminum became apparent, according to people familiar with the matter, who declined to be identified discussing a private matter.
What happened during the Qingdao scandal?
The Foshan incident is relatively small beer and so far involves just traders. At Qingdao, it was banks, including international institutions, that ended up with the biggest exposure to a merchant and its affiliates who pledged the same metals stockpile multiple times to obtain loans of more than 20 billion yuan.
But that in itself is probably instructive. Banks have learned the lessons of Qingdao and other commodities financing scandals, making them more cautious lenders and driving traders to seek other arrangements, including borrowing from larger peers. China’s regulator also urged banks to strengthen oversight, and the use of metals as collateral for financing has diminished since then.
Other similar frauds outside China include French and Australian banks getting hit by loan losses in 2017 that totaled over $300 million, after they discovered fake documents for nickel stored in Asian warehouses owned by Access World, a subsidiary of Glencore Plc. And in 2020, Singaporean oil trader Hin Leong (Pte) Ltd. forged documents to win trade financing for products it had already sold.
What are the potential outcomes?
The local police in Guangdong are investigating and will determine whether fraud occurred but because the warrants in question weren’t registered with the Shanghai Futures Exchange, China’s biggest commodities bourse won’t be on the hook for examining the regulatory angles to the case. Instead, the creditors will probably go after the warehouses first for the inventories, while waiting for investigations to decide if the borrowers are accountable for the losses.
The incident has led to a domino effect whereby more warehouses in China have suspended operations to check on-site metal inventories. The market is facing a loss of confidence, with global commodities powerhouses Glencore Plc and Trafigura Group among traders rushing to check their stockpiles, according to people familiar with the matter.
Although the Chinese government and its state banks are preparing to expand lending to counter the ill-effects of the virus on the economy, their largess is unlikely to extend to commodities trading. As such, smaller outfits may find it harder to get financing in the wake of another scandal.
The incident is having a baleful effect on prices, as well. Aluminum has dropped in the days since news of the possible fraud started circulating, and traders will continue to be wary of buying metal while such uncertainty around ownership persists. There’s also the risk that confidence will be sapped in other important markets for materials that rely on warehouse warrants, like copper, nickel or zinc.
(Updated with details about traders checking inventories in 14th paragraph)
More stories like this are available on bloomberg.com
©2022 Bloomberg L.P. | 2022-06-06T11:49:39+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/energy/fake-aluminum-stocks-put-perils-of-chinas-commodities-funding-in-spotlight/2022/06/06/b4eed064-e58a-11ec-a422-11bbb91db30b_story.html |
Kanye West’s account appears to be reactivated on Twitter shortly after Musk takeover
(Gray News/AP) – Kanye West’s Twitter account appeared to be reactivated Friday, not long after Elon Musk took over the social media platform.
The hip-hop artist, who now goes by Ye, had been blocked from Twitter for several weeks after making antisemitic comments, breaking the company’s terms of service.
Several groups, including his talent agency, have since dropped their association with West in recent weeks as part of the backlash from the posts.
Musk purchased the social media platform for $44 billion with plans to take it private.
The Tesla CEO tried to soothe leery Twitter advertisers Thursday by saying that he is buying the platform to help humanity and doesn’t want it to become a “free-for-all hellscape.”
The message appeared to be aimed at addressing concerns among advertisers that Musk’s plans to promote free speech by cutting back on moderating content will open the floodgates to more online toxicity and drive away users.
Now the shares have changed hands, Twitter is Musk’s to do with as he pleases and he could reopen the account of former President Donald Trump as well.
Copyright 2022 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. The Associated Press contributed to this report. | 2022-10-28T17:01:00+00:00 | kwch.com | https://www.kwch.com/2022/10/28/kanye-west-reactivated-twitter-shortly-after-musk-takeover/ |
NEW YORK, May 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Independent global marketing consultancy R3 has appointed digital advertising analyst Joanna O'Connell as EVP, Innovation across its agency, media and transformation practices.
A respected digital evangelist and pioneer with more than twenty-years industry experience, O'Connell provides R3's clients with access to unparalleled expertise in areas like programmatic, data privacy and audience addressability. In her role as a consultant advisor, O'Connell will also advance R3's proprietary methodologies and frameworks to further the efficiency and effectiveness of digital marketing.
"Joanna has a unique triumvirate of practical, technical and theoretical knowledge that leads to the type of intelligent solutions CMOs are looking for," said Greg Paull, Co-founder & Principal at R3. "As marketers look to make the right decisions about their organizations and technology, having Joanna on board will help R3 - as marketing's strategic partner - empower clients as they shift to a new era of customer-obsessed marketing."
"CMOs are contending with an unprecedented amount of disruptive change. They need - more than ever - thoughtful, strategic, non-partisan guidance to effectively navigate this new reality and drive sustained business growth," says O'Connell.
"R3's proven track record as a trusted brand partner made it a natural fit. I'm thrilled to join this amazing team of people and help them continue to build best-in-class solutions for brands today and for the future."
O'Connell was previously VP, Principal Analyst at Forrester, where she led advertising technology coverage across the digital advertising ecosystem, focusing on demand-side platforms (DSPs), ad servers, and dynamic creative optimization (DCO). She is an early programmatic evangelist and co-architect of the first big agency trading desk. She is recognized in the marketing industry for her analysis of the practical and commercial implications of technology and is an avid participant in discourse and debate on all things digital.
About R3
R3 is a leading global, regional and local consultancy group focused on improving the effectiveness and efficiency of marketers and their agencies. We enable our clients to achieve a competitive edge and a better return on investment from agencies, media and marketing spend. With over 100 people in the US, Asia, EMEA and LATAM, we work with twelve of the world's top twenty marketers.
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SOURCE R3 | 2023-05-08T16:05:58+00:00 | kswo.com | https://www.kswo.com/prnewswire/2023/05/08/r3-hires-digital-advertising-pioneer-joanna-oconnell-lead-innovation/ |
New Funding Enables the Company to Go Beyond Traditional Banking and Help Queer and Trans Parents Grow a Family
NEW YORK, Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Daylight, the first and only digital bank designed to build the financial products and services to help queer people live their best lives, today announced $15 million in new financing led by Anthemis Group, with participation from CMFG Ventures, Kapor Capital, Citi Ventures, and Gaingels, among others. Vinay Singh, Managing Director at Anthemis Group, will join Daylight's Board of Directors, along with Billie Simmons, Daylight Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer. The company will use this strategic investment to expand its services to support LGBTQ+ people looking to start and grow their families.
While 3.8m LGBTQ+ millennials are planning to expand their family within the next 5 years, queer people in the United States face significant logistical, legal, and financial barriers to doing so. In addition to its first offering, Daylight Money, which provides consumer financial and payment services to thousands of LGBTQ+ people, the company will launch a new subscription service called Daylight Grow – a financial and family planning product designed specifically for queer families.
"Family creation is a major life event for queer people and the challenges we face are increasingly more complex than those for non-LGBTQ people. Daylight Grow will help queer people navigate through the complex legal and financial challenges involved, making it faster and easier to start a family and unlocking critical intergenerational wealth for our community," said Billie Simmons, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Daylight.
When the product officially launches in early 2023, Daylight Grow subscribers will receive:
- A personalized family creation plan covering financial, legal, and logistical milestones tailored to their state and needs
- Family planning Concierges to provide financial advice and logistical support
- A family-building marketplace with vetted family attorney networks, and IVF and surrogacy clinics in their area
- Members-only digital community platform and in-person financial and fertility education events
- Access to family-building loans
To level the playing field, the company will offer hundreds of free subscriptions to low-income, marginalized families in states where LGBTQ+ rights are under significant legal attack.
"At Daylight, our mission has always been to break down the financial barriers that hold LGBTQ+ people back. This new funding allows us to build vital new services that will help put family building within reach for many," said Rob Curtis, Co-Founder and CEO of Daylight. "With LGBTQ+ marriage and parental rights again under siege, protecting equality is vital, but allowing discrimination toward LGBTQ+ people in the name of religious freedom reinforces our status as second class citizens. In this post-Dobbs world, Daylight's commitment to supporting queer families has never been more necessary."
"We believe the future of banking is tailored financial products and services, delivered in the context of when and where they are needed most," said Vinay Singh, Managing Director at Anthemis Group. "We are excited to support Daylight as they do exactly that for the queer and trans community, in a rapidly expanding family creation market that is urgently calling for better financial solutions."
The full set of investors in Daylight's Series A round includes Anthemis Group, CMFG Ventures, Kapor Capital, Citi Ventures, Gaingels, Mendoza Ventures, Digital Horizons, University Growth Fund, Socially Financed, Clocktower Ventures and Financial Venture Studio, and a private investor syndicate.
Daylight Grow is currently undergoing research and development of the product with a pilot program, with plans to launch to the public in early 2023. To learn more, visit www.joindaylight.com.
Founded in 2020, Daylight is the first and only digital banking platform in the U.S. specifically designed for and by the LGBTQIA+ community. The company was founded by Rob Curtis, Billie Simmons and Paul Barnes-Hoggett. To learn more, visit joindaylight.com.
Anthemis Group is a global platform that cultivates change in the financial system by investing in, growing, and sustaining businesses committed to resiliency, transparency, access and equity. Founded in 2010, our deep understanding of markets and models, passion for emerging technology and values inspire everything we do. By creating fertile ground for a diverse group of startups, investors, entrepreneurs, institutions, academics, and visionaries to converge, we believe we can solve the financial systems' most pressing challenges faster, better and for the benefit of all. To learn more, visit anthemis.com.
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SOURCE Daylight | 2022-11-18T11:47:43+00:00 | kcbd.com | https://www.kcbd.com/prnewswire/2022/11/18/daylight-lgbtqia-digital-banking-platform-raises-15m-launch-family-planning-solutions/ |
HANGZHOU, China, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BEST Inc. (NYSE: BEST) ("BEST" or the "Company"), a leading integrated smart supply chain solutions and logistics services provider in China, today announced that Mr. Mark Qiu has resigned from his position as a director of the Company due to personal reasons, effective May 6, 2022.
Mr. Qiu served as the chairman of the audit committee, and also served as the chairman of the compensation committee, of the Company's board of directors.
"On behalf of the Company and the Board, I would like to express our sincerest gratitude to Mr. Mark Qiu for his contributions and service since joining the Company as a director in 2011," commented Mr. Shao-Ning Johnny Chou, Chairman and CEO of BEST. "We are grateful that Mr. Qiu will remain as one of the Company's strategic advisors and we wish him the best of success in his future endeavors."
The Company today also announced that the Company has appointed Mr. Ying Wu and Mr. Klaus Anker Petersen as independent directors of the Company. Each of Mr. Wu and Mr. Petersen satisfies the requirements for an "independent director" within the meaning of Section 303A of the Corporate Governance Rules of the NYSE, and meets the criteria for independence set forth in Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act. As of today, the Company has three independent directors. The Company today also announced that Mr. Wu will serve as the chairman of the audit committee, and will also serve as the chairman of the compensation committee, of the Company's board of directors.
Mr. Wu is a highly regarded technology innovator, successful entrepreneur and distinguished investor with over thirty-five years of strong track record for delivering values to investors. Mr. Wu currently serves as a global board member of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and a board member of TNC China. Ying also serves as a founding board member of the Future Forum in China. Mr. Wu manages six venture capital / private equity funds with around US$2 billion in assets under management. He has been the president of China Capital Management Limited since October 2008. Mr. Wu is currently the chairman of ZJBC Information Technology Co., Ltd. (SZSE: 000889), an independent non-executive director of JD Health International Inc. (HKSE: 6618), an independent non-executive director of Zall Smart Commerce Group Ltd. (HKSE: 2098), and chairman of the board of supervisors of Huayi Brothers Media Corporation Ltd. (SZSE: 300027). Mr. Wu was an independent non-executive director of Zhong An Online P&C Insurance Co., Ltd, (HKSE: 6060), a director of HyUnion Holdings Co., Ltd. (SZSE: 002537), an independent director of TCL Corporation Ltd. (SZSE: 000100), a director of Joyoung Co., Ltd. (SZSE: 002242), and an independent director of Guangzhou TechLong Packaging Machinery Co., Ltd. (SZSE: 002209). Mr. Wu was also the co-founder of UTStarcom (NASDAQ: UTSI), a global telecommunication infrastructure business and served as Chairman and CEO of UTStarcom China for twelve years. He obtained a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology, a master's degree in science and a doctor's degree (honoris causa) from New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Mr. Petersen is a highly accomplished entrepreneur, investor and successful financial management executive with over 20 years of experience in retailing, e-commerce logistics and financial industry. He is currently the chairman and owner of Lane House Limited, a multi-brand specialty retailer that supports Western and Chinese companies develop retail presence in China. He is also the CEO and co-founder of Green Planet Foods, an innovator of plant-based food and beverage products, as well as a co-founder and investor in Brandhouse Group, a cross-border e-commerce parcel delivery business that focuses on Scandinavian markets. From 2014 to 2015, Mr. Petersen was a managing director of Sunshine Insurance Group, an insurance, healthcare and asset management services provider. From 2004 to 2014 he held various roles as associate, vice president and executive director at Morgan Stanley in London and Beijing. From 1998 to 2003, he worked as an associate and engagement manager with McKinsey & Company. Mr. Petersen earned a master's degree in science in engineering and applied mathematics from the Technical University of Denmark, and an MBA from INSEAD in 2003.
SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates" and similar statements. Among other things, the business outlook and quotations from management in this announcement, as well as BEST's strategic and operational plans, contain forward-looking statements. BEST may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about BEST's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: BEST's goals and strategies; BEST's future business development, results of operations and financial condition; BEST 's ability to maintain and enhance its ecosystem; BEST 's ability to compete effectively; BEST 's ability to continue to innovate, meet evolving market trends, adapt to changing customer demands and maintain its culture of innovation; fluctuations in general economic and business conditions in China and other countries in which BEST operates, and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in BEST's filings with the SEC. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of this press release, and BEST does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.
ABOUT BEST INC.
BEST Inc. (NYSE: BEST) is a leading integrated smart supply chain solutions and logistics services provider in China. Through its proprietary technology platform and extensive networks, BEST offers a comprehensive set of logistics and value-added services, including freight delivery, supply chain management, and global logistics services. BEST's mission is to empower business and enrich life by leveraging technology and business model innovation to create a smarter, more efficient supply chain. For more information, please visit: http://www.best-inc.com/en/.
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IMF: Prolonged high inflation dims outlook for world economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The outlook for the world economy this year has dimmed in the face of chronically high inflation, rising interest rates and uncertainties resulting from the collapse of two big American banks.
That’s the view of the International Monetary Fund, which on Tuesday downgraded its outlook for global economic growth. The IMF now envisions growth this year of 2.8%, down from 3.4% in 2022 and from the 2.9% estimate for 2023 it made in its previous forecast in January.
The fund said the possibility of a “hard landing,” in which rising interest rates weaken growth so much as to cause a recession, has “risen sharply,” especially in the world’s wealthiest countries.
“The situation remains fragile,’’ Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, the IMF’s chief economist, told reporters Tuesday. “Downside risks predominate.’’
The IMF, a 190-country lending organization, is forecasting 7% global inflation this year, down from 8.7% in 2022 but up from its January forecast of 6.6% for 2023.
“Inflation is much stickier than anticipated even a few months ago,’’ Gourinchas wrote in the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook.
Persistently high inflation is expected to force the Federal Reserve and other central banks to keep raising rates and to keep them at or near a peak longer to combat surging prices. Those ever-higher borrowing costs are expected to weaken economic growth and potentially destabilize banks that had come to rely on historically low rates.
Already, Gourinchas warned, higher rates are “starting to have serious side effects for the financial sector.’’
The fund foresees a 25% likelihood that global growth will fall below 2% for 2023. That has happened only five times since 1970, most recently when COVID-19 derailed global commerce in 2020.
The IMF also envisions a 15% possibility of a “severe downside scenario,” often associated with a global recession, in which worldwide economic output per person would shrink.
The global economy, the fund warned in Tuesday’s report, is “entering a perilous phase during which economic growth remains low by historical standards and financial risks have risen, yet inflation has not yet decisively turned the corner.”
The IMF issued modest upgrades to the economies of the United States and Europe, which have proved more resilient than expected even with much higher interest rates and the shock of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The fund now expects the United States, the world’s biggest economy, to grow 1.6% this year, down from 2.1% in 2022 but up from the 1.4% expansion that the IMF had predicted in January. A robust U.S. job market has supported steady consumer spending despite higher borrowing rates for homes, cars and other major purchases.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen plans to give an optimistic speech Tuesday about the state of the U.S. economy and the banking system, which she will say “remains sound.”
“During the G20 in February, I said that the global economy was in a better place than many predicted last fall,” Yellen will say in prepared remarks. “That basic picture remains largely unchanged. Still, we remain vigilant to the downside risks.”
For the 20 countries that share the euro currency, the IMF foresees lackluster growth of 0.8%. But that, too, marks a slight upgrade from its January forecast. Though Europe has suffered from the wartime cutoff of Russian natural gas, a surprisingly warm weather reduced demand for energy. And other countries, including the United States, were nimbler than expected in delivering natural gas to Europe to replace Russia’s.
China, the world’s second-biggest economy, is expected to grow 5.2% this year, unchanged from the IMF’s January forecast. China is rebounding from the end of a draconian zero-COVID policy that had kept people home and had hobbled economic activity.
In the United Kingdom, where double-digit inflation is straining household budgets, the economy is expected to contract 0.3% this year. But even that is an upgrade from the 0.6% drop that the IMF had predicted in January for the U.K.
In the developing world, the IMF downgraded growth prospects for India, Latin America, the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa and the less-developed countries of Europe. Ukraine’s war-ravaged economy is forecast to shrink by 3%.
The world economy has endured shock after shock in the past three years. First, COVID-19 brought global commerce to a near-standstill in 2020. Next came an unexpectedly strong recovery, fueled by vast government aid, especially in the United States. The surprisingly powerful rebound, however, triggered a resurgence of inflation, worsened after the Russian invasion of Ukraine drove up prices of energy and grain.
The Fed and other central banks responded by aggressively raising rates. Inflation has been easing, though it remains well above central banks’ targets. Inflation is especially intractable in services industries, where worker shortages are putting upward pressure on wages and prices.
Higher rates have caused problems for the financial system, which had grown used to extraordinarily low-interest rates.
On March 10, Silicon Valley Bank failed after making a disastrous bet on falling rates and absorbing heavy losses in the bond market, news of which triggered a bank run. Two days later, regulators shut down New York-based Signature Bank. The failures were the second- and third-largest in U.S. history. In the wake of the troubles, U.S. banks are expected to cut back on lending, which could hurt economic growth.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-04-11T14:15:39+00:00 | ksla.com | https://www.ksla.com/2023/04/11/imf-prolonged-high-inflation-dims-outlook-world-economy/ |
G7 vows to intensify sanctions on Russia over war in Ukraine
KARUIZAWA, Japan (AP) — Group of Seven foreign ministers vowed to intensify sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine as they wrapped up their meeting in Japan on Tuesday.
“We remain committed to intensifying sanctions against Russia, coordinating and fully enforcing them,” the G-7 ministers said in a communique released after the meeting Tuesday.
“There can be no impunity for war crimes and other atrocities such as Russia’s attacks against civilians and critical civilian infrastructure,” they said. The ministers also agreed to continue their utmost support for Ukraine.
Other key issues at the G-7 foreign ministers’ meeting included China, Taiwan and cooperation with the so-called Global South countries. | 2023-04-18T03:50:48+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2023/04/17/g7-vows-to-intensify-sanctions-on-russia-over-war-in-ukraine/ |
Geminid meteor shower peak: When and where you can see it
As lights sparkle on many Christmas trees and homes this holiday season, don’t forget to see the biggest light show of them all: the Geminid meteor shower or the Geminids.
The Geminids occur when the Earth makes its annual passage through the path of a comet-like asteroid called 3200 Phaethon. That path is littered with bits and pieces that have broken off of 3200 Phaethon. The particles, in turn, fall onto the Earth when the planet passes through, burning up in the sky and creating the Geminid meteor shower.
HOW THE TELESCOPE BECAME OUR WINDOW INTO THE UNIVERSE
The Geminid meteor shower is one of the best and brightest meteor showers of the year, according to NASA.
When to see the meteor shower
FILE - A meteor streaks across the night sky in Bazhou, Xinjiang Province, China, in the early morning of Dec. 14, 2021. (Xue Bing / Costfoto/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
The meteor light show began on Nov. 19 and will last until Dec. 24.
Peak activity occurs in mid-December every day. This year, the peak will occur on Wednesday, Dec. 13, through Thursday, Dec. 14.
DECEMBER ASTRONOMY EVENTS: BEST METEOR SHOWER OF 2022, BRIGHT MARS AND FULL COLD MOON
Between 100 and 150 meteors per hour may be seen shooting across the sky during peak hours. According to NASA, these meteors travel 40 times faster than a speeding bullet.
The meteor shower will appear to originate from its namesake, the constellation Gemini. However, the constellation is not the source of the meteors, so skygazers should watch for the Geminids shooting across the night sky.
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features AFGL 5180, a beautiful stellar nursery located in the constellation of Gemini (the Twins). (ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. C. Tan (Chalmers University & University of Virginia), R. Fedriani (Chalmers University))
The Geminids are best viewed at night and during the predawn hours. The meteor shower starts around 9 p.m. or 10 p.m. local time on Dec. 13 and 14.
To see the meteors, skygazers should wait in the dark under the stars for about 30 minutes to allow their eyes to adjust.
Where to see the meteor shower
Naturally, the best view of the Geminids happens over clear skies. Many parts of the U.S. on Dec. 13 and 14, however, will be under cloud cover.
Stargazing forecast for Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. (FOX Forecast Center / FOX Weather)
On Dec. 13 at 10 p.m. Central Time, cities such as Seattle, Rapid City and New Orleans will experience between 98 and 100 percent cloud cover.
Americans living in other parts of the country, such as Phoenix, Dallas and Boston, will only see between 0 and 3 percent cloud cover that night.
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Stargazing forecast for Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (FOX Forecast Center / FOX Weather)
On Dec. 14 at 10 p.m. Central Time, the cloud cover will have shifted east, clearing the skies a bit for sky gazers in Seattle, San Francisco and Denver.
However, much of the upper Midwest, Northeast and Southeast will continue to experience significant cloud cover during the Geminid meteor shower. | 2022-12-13T20:52:54+00:00 | fox35orlando.com | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/geminid-meteor-shower-peak-when-and-where-you-can-see-it |
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — Crews responded to a “suspicious” car fire in San Jose on Sunday morning, according to a tweet from the San Jose Police Department (SJPD).
The call came in at 5:47 a.m. and officers responded to the area of Pomona Avenue and Barnard Avenue. Officers located a dead man inside of the vehicle. This incident is under investigation by San Jose Fire Department and SJPD.
This is developing story. Please check back for updates. | 2022-07-31T19:30:58+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/one-person-found-dead-in-suspicious-car-fire/ |
The numbers are sobering. National math and reading scores have hit decades-low results following the coronavirus outbreak in early 2020. Now, money earmarked for COVID-related issues is being used to get our children back on track.
Lima Rotary hearing from the Allen County Educational Service Center about grant dollars received from the state to assist students in a wide variety of areas. 75 million in COVID dollars were available statewide and Allen County received 2.1 million of that. The next step was determining how to distribute those dollars to Allen County schools. The Educational Service Center's superintendent says they reached out to the schools to find out their most pressing needs.
"Before we even got the $2.1 million dollars, we surveyed all the schools to see what kind of services they needed to help students extend and recover from the COVID," says Craig Kupferberg, superintendent of Allen County Educational Service Center. "So, we put that together for the State of Ohio, they approved us for $2.1 million and then what we did is ask for mini-grants in those area that they were talking about. Which is really in literacy with reading and mathematics."
Besides literacy and math, the mini-grants are being used for social and emotional learning, STEM programming, and to help with attendance. The grant dollars will last for 2 years and the hope is the programs that have been implemented will continue after that.
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LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization said more than two dozen cats have been infected with bird flu across Poland, but no people appeared to have been sickened.
In a statement on Monday, the U.N. health agency said it was the first time so many cats had been reported to have bird flu over such a wide geographical area in a single country, amid an unprecedented global outbreak of the latest version of the H5N1 version of the disease.
WHO said that late last month, Polish authorities informed agency officials of the unusual deaths of more than 45 cats in 13 geographical regions of the country. Testing last week found that 29 had H5N1.
As of June, the most recent variant of H5N1 has been reported in birds and other animal species in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. Since 2020, WHO said a dozen human cases have been reported.
Scientists worry that rising cases of H5N1, particularly in animals that have frequent contact with humans, might lead to a mutated version of the disease that could spread easily between people, triggering another pandemic.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, many experts had suspected that the next global outbreak would be sparked by H5N1. But while bird flu has killed hundreds of millions of birds globally, it has sickened fewer than 900 people since 2003 and has not been able to spread easily among humans.
WHO said it was unclear how the domestic cats in Poland became infected with bird flu and said officials were still investigating possible sources of exposure, including contact with wild birds that are known to carry H5N1. The agency said the risk of people in Poland being infected with bird flu was “low” and “low to moderate” for people exposed to cats, including cat owners and veterinarians.
Last week, WHO and partners warned that the increasing numbers of mammals infected with H5N1 were unusual. Experts have previously cautioned that pigs, which are susceptible to flu viruses from both humans and birds, might act as a “mixing vessel,” leading to the emergence of mutated viruses that could be lethal to people.
Since last year, authorities in 10 countries have reported bird flu outbreaks in mammals, including farmed mink in Spain, seals in the U.S., and sea lions in Peru and Chile. | 2023-07-17T22:48:31+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/health/ap-dozens-of-cats-in-poland-had-bird-flu-but-the-risk-to-people-is-low-the-un-health-agency-says/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — House investigators are unlikely to call former President Donald Trump to testify about his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection. That's according to Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, the Democratic chairman of the nine-member panel investigating the attack.
Thompson says they don't expect to call Trump, whose supporters broke into the U.S. Capitol and interrupted the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory.
Thompson said the panel hasn’t made any final decisions, “but there’s no feeling among the committee to call him as a witness at this point.”
The committee has subpoenaed Trump allies about the attack, including lawmakers. Last week, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarty, Congressmen Scott Perry, Jim Jordan, Andy Biggs, and Mo Brooks received subpoenas.
The Jan. 6 panel plans to hold public hearings in June. | 2022-05-17T22:58:32+00:00 | kjrh.com | https://www.kjrh.com/news/national/house-jan-6-panel-unlikely-to-call-trump-chairman-says |
ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of National Retail Properties, Inc. (NYSE: NNN), a real estate investment trust, declared a quarterly dividend of 55 cents per share payable February 15, 2023 to common shareholders of record on January 31, 2023. NNN is one of only three publicly traded REITs and 78 publicly traded companies in America to have increased annual dividends for 33 or more consecutive years.
National Retail Properties invests primarily in high-quality retail properties subject generally to long-term, net leases. As of September 30, 2022, the company owned 3,349 properties in 48 states with a gross leasable area of approximately 34.3 million square feet and with a weighted average remaining lease term of 10.4 years. For more information on the company, visit www.nnnreit.com.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Weber Inc. (NYSE: WEBR) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Weber Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's August 2021 initial public offering.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: September 27, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in WEBR:
https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/weber-inc-loss-submission-form?id=30652&from=4
CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Weber Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Weber was reasonably likely to implement price increases; (2) as a result, consumer demand for Weber's products was reasonably likely to decrease; (3) due to the resulting inventory buildup, Weber was reasonably likely to run promotions to "enhance retail sell through"; (4) the foregoing would adversely impact Weber's financial results; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects, were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Weber you have until September 27, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Weber securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the WEBR lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/weber-inc-loss-submission-form?id=30652&from=4.
J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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It’s Friday (hallelujah), and what’s more fun than kicking off the weekend with a little retail therapy? Today, we rounded up a list of Amazon products that are on sale for $100 or less, all of which are guaranteed to make your (or your pet’s) life a little brighter, less stressful, or more fun.
Happy Weekend!
Amazon deals under $100
Handheld Cordless Massager – Grey — $34.82 ($13 off; $47.98 originally; use promo code DIWDOO6V]
Weighing in at less than two pounds, this handheld, cordless device makes it a breeze to melt away stress, tension, and knotty muscles, with six speeds, six interchangeable massage nodes, and six modes (plus 100 minutes on a full charge).
Ergonomic Computer Desk Chair with Armrest, Grey — $58.37 ($16.62 off; $74.99 originally)
Elevate your home office setup with a high-quality ergonomic chair like this one, which features armrests, a mesh back, and an adjustable height; it’s at its lowest price (22% off) in a month.
Beats Studio Buds — $99.95 ($50 off; $149.95 originally)
This popular brand’s sweat- and water-resistant earbuds are an excellent deal today at 33% percent off, and they come with a charging case and availability in six colors.
Kindle – $74.99 ($25 off; $99.99 originally)
The lightest and most up-to-date version of this beloved digital reader has a glare-free, paper-like display, 300 ppi high-res display, and extended battery life that enables up to six weeks of use on a single charge via USB-C. You’ll also get another 20% off if you turn in an older Amazon device.
ScratchMe Tree Condo/Cat Tower Pet Play House with Scratching Post, Grey – $25.30 ($11.69 off; $36.99 originally)
This 32-inch cat tower and scratching post is sure to make you and your fave feline happy, with plenty of fun features and extra touches, like curved scratching pads and sisal-covered posts, and a neutral design that will complement your interior.
PETLIBRO Automatic Cat Feeder – $54.19 ($35.80 off; $89.99 originally)
While you’re upgrading your kitty’s playspace, why not do the same for mealtime? This automatic cat feeder makes feeding a cinch, as you can easily custom program it to dispense between one and six meals per day. In addition, its secure twist-lock lid means you won’t have to worry that your sneaky kitty can sneak snacks on their own.
Govee Outdoor String Lights – $74.99 ($25 off with on-page coupon; $99.99 originally)
Add some colorful sparkle and shine to your next alfresco gathering with these beauties, which come in a 48-foot strand and offer an app or voice control, music synching, and more for lots-of-fun, no-fuss decorating.
Shark CH963AMZ 2-in-1 Cordless & Handheld Vacuum Ultracyclone System – $99.99 ($50 off; $149.99 originally)
Take a bite out of your household messes or untidy car interior with this ultra-lightweight stick vacuum, which also comes with a detachable hand vacuum in addition to its floor nozzle for bare floor cleanups.
The Comfy — $50.99 ($9 off; $59.99 originally)
For the ideal at-home loungewear, there’s no better garment to wrap up with than this oversized wearable blanket (the top seller in that category, with more than 92,000 rave reviews). Pick from more than a dozen colors and patterns, including Disney or Star Wars characters.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Dental of California and affiliates today announced that Mike Castro will retire as its chief executive officer (CEO) Dec. 31, 2023 and become chairman of the board of Delta Dental of California effective Jan. 1, 2024. Sarah Chavarria, current president of Delta Dental of California, will succeed Mr. Castro to become president and CEO Jan. 1, 2024.
Mr. Castro has led the company as CEO of Delta Dental since 2019. During his two decades with the company, he has held a variety of leadership roles, including serving as chief financial officer for 14 years.
"It has been a privilege to lead our business," said Mike Castro, chief executive officer of Delta Dental of California. "Over the years, many people have asked how I want to define my legacy at Delta Dental. The simple answer has always been the same: to leave the company better than I found it, and in better hands. I'm proud to say we're a stronger company than we were five years ago, and we have a deep bench of exceptional leaders to help us continue to capitalize on our position of strength thanks to the team."
Sarah Chavarria was promoted to president in 2022 and has led the organization's Operations, Technology, People, Growth, Marketing and Communication divisions. She began her career at Delta Dental as chief people officer and later expanded her leadership to include oversight of the other teams.
"I want to thank Mike for his support, exceptional leadership and dedication to Delta Dental, which have laid the foundation for a successful future," said Sarah Chavarria, president of Delta Dental of California. "We will continue our partnership when he moves into his new role as chairman of the board. Together, we will ensure our customers, providers and employees remain at the forefront of our business and that we stay focused on our purpose to improve health by providing access to quality care for our more than 45 million members."
About Delta Dental of California
Since 1955, Delta Dental of California has offered comprehensive, high quality oral health care coverage to millions of enrollees and built the strongest network of dental providers in the country. The Delta Dental of California enterprise includes its affiliates Delta Dental Insurance Company, Delta Dental of Pennsylvania, Delta Dental of New York, Inc., as well as the national DeltaCare USA network, and provides dental benefits to more than 45 million people across 15 states and the District of Columbia*. All are members of the Delta Dental Plans Association based in Oak Brook, Illinois, the not-for-profit national association that through a national network of Delta Dental companies collectively covers millions of people nationwide. For more information about Delta Dental of California, please visit www.deltadentalins.com
*Delta Dental of California's operating areas encompass Alabama, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and District of Columbia.
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Tom Sarris
Director, Corporate Communications
Delta Dental of California
tsarris@delta.org
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Jack and Kristina Wagner are mourning a tragic loss. The General Hospital stars' son, Harrison, died on Monday, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner said in a case report. He was 27.
According to the report, Harrison died in a parking lot. His manner and cause of death have yet to be determined, per the report. An autopsy has been scheduled and an investigator has been assigned to Harrison's case, the report confirmed.
In his final Instagram post, which he shared on May 22, Harrison sat on a bench, looking into the distance contemplatively and wearing headphones in his ears.
"Focus. YOU are left with YOU and your thoughts. 🤔," he captioned the shot.
Jack and Kristina tied the knot in 1993 and got divorced in 2006. They are also parents to Peter, 31. Neither the former couple nor their elder son has publicly spoken out in the wake of Harrison's death.
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KHARKIV, Kharkiv Oblast — An explosion caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia on Saturday, damaging a key supply artery for the Kremlin's faltering war effort in southern Ukraine. Three people were killed in the blast, Russian authorities said.
The speaker of Crimea’s Kremlin-backed regional parliament immediately accused Ukraine, though Moscow didn't apportion blame. Ukrainian officials have repeatedly threatened to strike the bridge and some lauded the attack, but Kyiv stopped short of claiming responsibility.
The bombing came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin turned 70, dealing him a humiliating blow that could lead him to up the ante in his war on Ukraine.
Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee said that a truck bomb caused seven railway cars carrying fuel to catch fire, resulting in a “partial collapse of two sections of the bridge.” A man and a woman who were riding in a vehicle across the bridge were killed by the explosion and their bodies were recovered, Russia’s Investigative Committee said. It didn’t provide details on the third victim.
The 12-mile bridge across the Kerch Strait linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov opened in 2018 and is the longest in Europe. The $3.6 billion project is a tangible symbol of Moscow’s claims on Crimea and has provided an essential link to the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
The peninsula holds symbolic value for Russia and is key to sustaining its military operations in the south of Ukraine. If the bridge were made inoperable, it would make it significantly more challenging to ferry supplies to Crimea. While Russia seized the areas north of Crimea early on during the invasion and built a land corridor to it along the Sea of Azov, Ukraine is pressing a counteroffensive to reclaim them.
The bridge has train and automobile sections. Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee specified that the explosion and fire led to the collapse of the two sections of one of the two links of the automobile bridge, while another link was intact.
Russia’s Energy Ministry said Crimea has enough fuel for 15 days, adding that it was working on ways to replenish stock.
Authorities suspended passenger train traffic across the bridge until further notice. Putin was informed about the explosion and he ordered the creation of a government panel to deal with the emergency.
The speaker of Crimea’s Kremlin-backed regional parliament blamed Ukraine for the explosion, but downplayed the severity of the damage and said the bridge would be promptly repaired.
“Now they have something to be proud of: over 23 years of their management, they didn’t manage to build anything worthy of attention in Crimea, but they’ve managed to damage the surface of the Russian bridge,” Vladimir Konstantinov, chairman of the State Council of the Republic, wrote on Telegram.
The parliamentary leader of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s party on Saturday stopped short of claiming that Kyiv was responsible but appeared to cast it as a consequence of Moscow’s takeover of Crimea and attempts to integrate the peninsula with the Russian mainland.
“Russian illegal construction is starting to fall apart and catch fire. The reason is simple: if you build something explosive, then sooner or later it will explode,” David Arakhamia, the leader of the Servant of the People party, wrote on Telegram.
“And this is just the beginning. Of all things, reliable construction is not something Russia is particularly famous for,” he said.
Other Ukrainian officials were more celebratory while still stopping short of claiming responsibility.
The Ukrainian postal service announced that it would issue stamps commemorating the blast, saying in a statement that the images would draw on classic film posters to highlight the bridge's “sacred significance” to Moscow. The postal service previously released a set of stamps commemorating the sinking of the Moskva, a Russian flagship cruiser, by an Ukrainian strike in late May.
The secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov, posted a video on Twitter with the Kerch Bridge on fire on the left side and video with Marilyn Monroe singing her famous “Happy Birthday Mr. President” on the right.
An advisor to Zelenskyy, Mykhailo Podolyak, tweeted: “Crimea, the bridge, the beginning. Everything illegal must be destroyed, everything stolen must be returned to Ukraine, everything occupied by Russia must be expelled:”
In Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that “the reaction of the Kyiv regime to the destruction of civilian infrastructure shows its terrorist nature.”
In August, Russia suffered a series of explosions at an airbase and munitions depot in Crimea, which underlined its vulnerability.
Local authorities in Crimea made conflicting statements about what the damaged bridge would mean for residents and their ability to buy consumer goods on the peninsula, a popular sun-and-sea destination for Russian tourists year-round that is home to Sevastopol, a key city and a naval base.
Reflecting the tensions, Mikhail Razvozhayev, the head of Sevastopol, initially announced a ban on sales of car fuel in canisters and said that the sales of groceries will be limited to 3 kilograms per person to avoid a panicky run on supplies, but then changed course just an hour later, saying that there will be no restrictions.
At the same time, he sought to assuage residents, insisting they weren't cut off from the mainland.
“There are land corridors via the new territories, and the ferry crossing near the Crimean Bridge has started operating,” he said.
The Association of Russia’s tourist agencies estimated that about 50,000 tourists were in Crimea on vacation at the time of the blast. The head of Russia’s top tourism body, Ilya Umansky, told the Interfax agency that ferry links had been relaunched Saturday between the peninsula and the mainland but admitted that those seeking to enter Crimea in the coming days were set to experience “some discomfort.”
The blast on the bridge occurred hours after explosions rocked the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early Saturday, sending towering plumes of smoke into the sky and triggering a series of secondary explosions.
Ukrainian officials accused Russia of pounding Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, with surface-to-air missiles and said at least one person was wounded. The strikes targeted the largely residential neighborhoods of Saltivka and Osnovianskiy, the regional governor, Oleh Sinehubov, said on Telegram.
Sinehubov said Russia had deployed S-300s missiles in the strike. If true, this would mark the latest in a series of instances when Moscow was reported to have repurposed a weapon originally designed for air defense to strike ground targets, possibly because of a shortage of more suitable munitions.
Ukrainian authorities in the northern Sumy region, west of Kharkiv and a frequent target of Russian shelling and missile attacks, also reported on Saturday that five towns and villages had been hit overnight. Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, the regional governor, said on Telegram that a 51-year-old civilian man had been killed.
Russian rockets also slammed into three towns facing the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest. The regional governor, Valentyn Reznichenko, said that nobody was injured in the strikes on the towns of Marganets, Chervonohryhorivka, and Myrove.
The death toll, meanwhile, from earlier missile strikes on apartment buildings in Zaporizhzhia rose to 17, Ukrainian emergency services reported.
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine wrote on Telegram that 21 people had been rescued from the rubble of a four-story apartment block, and that search and rescue work was continuing.
Russian missiles damaged more than 40 apartment buildings on Thursday in the Ukrainian-controlled city, which is nevertheless the official capital of a region Moscow moved to illegally annex last week. Zaporizhzhia lies across a wide reservoir on the Dnieper river from the nuclear plant with the same name, one of the world’s largest.
The deadly strikes came hours after Ukraine’s president announced that his military had retaken three more villages in another of the four regions claimed by Russia, Moscow’s latest battlefield reversal. | 2022-10-08T17:33:25+00:00 | wfmynews2.com | https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/nation-world/ukraine/crimea-bridge-blast/507-0b1f66f3-cbd1-4afd-ba72-32340fee3e8a |
James Mitchell caught one pass for 22 yards on Thursday afternoon for the Detroit Lions in their 28-25 loss to the Buffalo Bills.
The former Union High School star caught a pass from Jared Goff with 3:22 remaining in the second quarter and the yardage he compiled resulted in the longest gain of the rookie tight end’s pro career thus far.
Mitchell has five catches for 48 yards and a touchdown this season.
Detroit hosts Jacksonville on Dec. 4. | 2022-11-26T00:40:28+00:00 | heraldcourier.com | https://heraldcourier.com/sports/mitchell-watch-lions-mitchell-catches-thanksgiving-pass-for-lions/article_0d66b384-6c4e-11ed-b481-8ff15bc22a20.html |
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., April 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. ("Harmony" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: HRMY), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing innovative therapies for patients with rare neurological diseases, today announced that it will report first quarter 2023 financial results on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, before the open of the U.S. financial markets. Harmony will host a conference call and live webcast on May 2, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss the results.
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Security measures in place to welcome 400,000 to Las Vegas for New Year’s Eve
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Fireworks will light up the sky and concerts will be packed with people for New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas.
“And the way the calendar plays out everyone’s going to be hanging around really until Monday,” Circa Las Vegas CEO Derek Stevens said. “This is going to be the busiest New Year’s downtown Vegas has ever seen.”
In addition to the Fremont Street Experience NYE Time of Your Life Festival Saturday night, the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center is hosting its own music festival New Year’s weekend.
“What’s unique this year is we have a [Raiders] game on New Year’s day so we have even more people in town,” Community Ambulance senior director Glen Simpson said.
To make it all possible safety is top of mind for organizers, law enforcement and first responders.
“The first few hours of the New Year is when we see our highest peak for calls for service,” Simpson said. ”There could be anywhere from an additional 50-70 transports just for a particular ambulance company to take on.”
The Strip will feature more paramedics and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officers in anticipation for a celebration larger than last year.
While part of Las Vegas Blvd. is shut down, around 4,000 metal barriers will control the crowds.
The Nevada National Guard also joins the front lines on the Strip with about 300 soldiers and airmen.
“One thing we have learned that when the citizens see the presence of the uniform, when they see us interacting with them and when they see us engaged it puts them more at ease,” Maj. Gen. Ondra Berry said. “Lets them know they are protected.”
Thursday night two people were shot on Fremont Street. This comes amid violence earlier this year that prompted the city of Las Vegas to add a curfew and for a few months metal detectors on weekends.
Barriers will be up Saturday night, because it will be a ticketed 21 and over event on Fremont Street to ring in the New Year.
“Downtown Las Vegas has done this many, many times,” Stevens said. “I think with some of the policies, and everything put it place it will be a lot of fun and a safe place to go.”
Starting New Year’s Eve 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. glass bottles, coolers, strollers and bags larger than 12x12x6 are banned from the Strip and downtown Las Vegas.
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MADRID (AP) — Spain’s second heat wave in less than a month and the year’s first for neighboring Portugal is expected to last at least until the weekend, weather forecasters said Tuesday. With temperatures in both countries already elevated, the outlook magnified wildfire worries.
Portugal could get the highest temperatures. The central Alentejo region is expected to reach 46 C (115 F) on Wednesday and Thursday.
Spain’s State Meteorological Agency said southern cities such as Cordoba and Seville could reach 42 C (107.6 F). Pontevedra in northwest Spain, a region less used to such extreme heat, could hit a record 41 C (105.8 F).
Meteorologists said an overheated mass of air and warm African winds are driving temperatures in the Iberian Peninsula beyond their usual highs.
Portugal and Spain started the week battling a number of wildfires in both countries, and authorities said the sweltering conditions could worsen the danger.
Civil protection services in Spain helped evacuate 400 people from seven different villages near Las Hurdes, in the central-western Extremadura region, owing to a wildfire that scorched about 2,500 hectares (6,200 acres).
Regional agriculture chief Begoña García Bernal said the fire that started Monday wasn’t expected to be brought under control soon. She said it appeared to have been started by lightning.
The Spanish army’s emergency unit deployed 100 soldiers to help around 300 firefighters and other response teams battle the fire.
Hundreds of firefighters in Portugal tried to tame blazes in the center of the country that forced the evacuation of dozens of people from their homes, mostly in villages around Santarem and Pombal.
On Saturday, Portugal’s government declared a state of heightened alert that was set to run from Monday through Friday.
The danger of more fires led Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa to postpone a visit to Mozambique this week. President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa also canceled a trip to attend a United Nations event in New York.
The European Union has said climate change has the continent facing one of its hardest years for natural disasters such as droughts and wildfires.
Spain experienced a heat wave in mid-June that lasted a week and was said to be the earliest recorded in almost 40 years.
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AP video journalist Helena Alves reported from Lisbon, Portugal.
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California’s campaign finance regulator will not investigate a complaint into Govern For California, the subject of a CalMatters investigation that explored the nonprofit’s role influencing legislative elections and “pushing the envelope” of state campaign finance law.
But the chairperson of the Fair Political Practices Commission said he would seek to develop new regulations more clearly defining coordination among affiliated campaign committees, because he has questions about the independence of Govern For California’s network of chapters and whether they could potentially be circumventing contribution limits.
“I’m troubled by the allegations that were presented in the complaint and I’m troubled by the fact that this organization seems to be, I think, playing very close to the line,” said Richard Miadich, who said he plans to bring up the issue at the September FPPC meeting. “It’s one thing to say you’re independent. It’s another to in fact be independent.”
Days after CalMatters published its article earlier this month, Dave Low, a former labor union leader, filed a complaint with the commission. Low characterized Govern For California’s network of legally independent campaign committees as a “corporate structure that facilitates money laundering and vastly exceeds the contribution limits to candidates.”
Staff lawyers at the FPPC disagreed, though they offered little in the way of explanation in the rejection letter they sent to Low this week. “After review of the complaint and evidence provided, the Enforcement Division will not pursue an enforcement action in this matter,” wrote division chief Angela Brereton.
The letter did not specify whether the FPPC’s rejection of the complaint implies its seal of approval for the way that Govern For California has structured its campaign spending, or if this particular complaint lacked sufficient evidence to warrant an investigation. Jay Wierenga, a spokesperson for the FPPC, declined to provide clarification.
“No comment, the letter speaks for itself,” he wrote in an email.
Still, Govern For California founder David Crane declared vindication. “We are pleased that this baseless complaint was summarily rejected by the Fair Political Practices Commission, and that the legality of GFC’s organization, structure and operations have again been confirmed by the FPPC,” he said in a statement.
Through a spokesperson, Crane declined to comment on Miadich’s concerns about Govern For California.
Though the commission’s enforcement division, which has sole legal authority to launch investigations, declined to investigate this complaint against Govern For California, that does not prevent commissioners such as Maidich from directing staff to revise old regulations or write up new ones.
Crane, a Stanford lecturer and former advisor to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, founded Govern For California as a nonprofit in 2011 to serve as a check on the political influence of organized labor and other “special interests.” As detailed in the CalMatters article, 18 spending committees affiliated with Govern For California have come to play an increasingly prominent role in state politics by making direct contributions to legislative candidates across the state. A majority of the funding to these chapters comes from the same group of 20 donors. Because the chapters are considered to be legally independent of one another, each donor can make a maximum contribution of $8,100 per calendar year to each chapter. The chapters frequently support the same candidates — often making identically-sized contributions on the same day.
As of Thursday, the network has donated nearly $3.1 million to 113 candidates in the 2022 election, including 84 who are running for legislative seats. Its spending took on added relevance this year with the ongoing squabble between Democratic Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and Democratic Assemblymember Robert Rivas over who will lead the chamber in 2023. Rivas is one of the Govern For California network’s largest beneficiaries; his brother, Rick Rivas, serves as Govern For California’s longtime advisor.
CalMatters spoke to eight campaign finance experts for the story. Though none said the organization was doing anything illegal, some argued that it raised ethical concerns or highlighted important loopholes in state law.
Ann Ravel, former chairperson of the FPPC and former head of the Federal Election Commission, called the structure “undemocratic.” But she also said it was not fundamentally distinct from the way that many organized labor groups arrange their campaign spending.
Crane has also likened Govern For California’s independent chapters to political action committees affiliated with the Service Employees International Union. However, as some experts pointed out, union locals have hundreds of members, draw on a wider array of small donors and, besides deciding political spending, represent workers in bargaining for wages and benefits. If FPPC commissioners do instruct their staff to review the definition of coordination between affiliated campaign committees, as Miadich said he hopes they will, it is unclear if and how the distinction between Govern For California’s networks and organized labor-affiliated committees would be made.
In 2020, the FPPC signed off on Govern For California’s approach in an advice letter that gave the chapters permission to coordinate as long as each was “controlled by different individuals, who independently direct and control the entities’ respective contributions.” That determination was based on the facts as provided by Govern For California, not through an investigation.
The Govern for California chapters are in “strict compliance” with that advice letter, wrote Steven Lucas, lawyer and treasurer for Govern For California, in his response to Low’s complaint. “The complaint fails to include a single factual allegation that would support its legal allegation…The GFC Chapters are all run independently of each other,” Lucas wrote.
But Miadich, the FPPC chairperson, noted that “the advice letter doesn’t define independence. The advice letter assumes the truth of what the organization is saying.”
He told CalMatters that there are other factors relevant to determining the independence of the chapters that Govern For California did not address in its original inquiry to the FPPC. He still wants to know whether Govern For California leaders appoint the chapter chairpersons; whether the chapters have formal meetings or exist on paper only; and if anyone from the top levels of the organization attends the chapter meetings.
“This seems like it has the potential of circumventing contribution limits,” he said.
These were among the questions that CalMatters posed to Crane while reporting its story. He declined to address them.
Miadich said he did not know everything the FPPC enforcement division reviewed before rejecting Low’s complaint, so he could not comment on whether he agreed with the decision. But he said he would ask the commission’s legal counsel to explore what regulatory options are available, including whether it could adopt rules laying out the factors the enforcement division should consider when determining independence in a case such as the complaint against Govern For California.
Miadich was appointed to the commission by Gov. Gavin Newsom in April 2019. Prior to that, he was a partner at the prominent Sacramento election law firm OIson Hagel & Fishburn, now Olson Remcho. Through FPPC spokesperson Wierenga, Miadich said he has no recollection of “any direct contact” with any of the parties involved, including Govern For California, Robert Rivas or Rendon.
CalMatters also reached out to the other three FPPC commissioners for this story, but they did not respond or declined to speak on the record. Miadich said he would tell his colleagues not to discuss Govern For California with CalMatters to avoid violating state open meeting laws.
Asked for his response to the rejection of his complaint, Low, a former California School Employees Association president, said “there’s not much I can do if FPPC won’t even look into it.”
While the FPPC enforcement division isn’t investigating Low’s complaint, it is apparently reviewing a fake flyer that was provided to a CalMatters reporter from a source who was granted anonymity. Based on the flyer, CalMatters incorrectly identified Crane as the sponsor of a political event benefiting Assemblymember Rivas last month.
In an email exchange shared by Crane, FPPC consultant Amber Rodriguez asked Govern For California’s lawyer Lucas for “a copy of the forged document/false advertisement that CalMatters later issued a correction for” so that staff could “review it for a possible violation” of state election law.
Though the FPPC wouldn’t confirm an investigation, Crane said he was “gratified that the FPPC will review the forged flyer for possible violation of California’s Political Reform Act.”
“It is not often that we see such a blatant attempt to distort the political process by forging a document and passing it off on the media,” he added in his statement. “It is a clear violation of the Act to steal the identity of a registered PAC in good-standing. This is an egregious dirty trick perpetrated on the media and intended to smear members of the Assembly and Govern for California.”
David Crane and many donors to Govern For California are financial supporters of CalMatters, which retains full authority over editorial content and makes news judgments independent of donor support. | 2022-08-26T18:23:32+00:00 | santacruzsentinel.com | https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2022/08/26/close-to-the-line-californias-top-campaign-finance-watchdog-wants-a-deeper-look-at-donor-network/ |
Spectral, uncanny, abandoned. Only those who reside or visited St. Marie, Montana would know the feeling.
For those that occupy the dilapidated Glasgow Air Force Base, home would be a better description. “I had a friend come visit and she said that it was so quiet here that you could hear the worms pass gas… we’ve always enjoyed our life here.”
When the snow flies, an estimated 250 people reside in St. Marie. Around the Ides of March, 500 flock and there is no “Beware” sign.
Elinor Lindsay, a resident of 33 years lives on the base year-round.
“Your friend’s, kind of, become your family, because you're usually not going to be stationed where your family is.” The wife of a retired United States airman, originates from Long Island, New York. Spending time stationed throughout the south and southern Great Plains, moving to St. Marie was perfect, for the pair.
“It was marketed to military veterans.” she explained.
A once thriving and prominent military base – sits as a curiosity to those who hear the stories.
It’s tough to know what an important role the base played in the Soviet Cold War. Much of the history, vanished, along with the service members who were stationed there. Historian for the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Troy Hallsell, has a brief understanding of its placement during World War II.
“The Army Corps of Engineers came in to build Malmstrom Air Force Base. It also built smaller bases in Cut Bank, Lewistown, and Glasgow.”
The United States Air Force was founded in 1947, almost exactly two years after the end of the second world war. The Glasgow site was an Army Air Base, a bomber training site along with other bases in Cut Bank and Lewistown. “The bombers would take off from their respective locations… if their destination was Cleveland that day, they would take off, form up and fly to their destination and turn around… and land back at their bases,” Hallsell said. The combination of Cutbank, Lewistown, Great Falls, and Glasgow helped support the B-17 bomber training mission that lasted in Montana for under a year time period. Between the heyday of the Glasgow Base, the United States was going through a transitional period of enemies; between the Korean War and the Vietnam Conflict. Command Historian, Brian Laslie from the United States Air Force Academy explains, “The Western powers versus the Soviet Union. The United States, Britain, France, and Canada versus the Soviet Union. We end up with that that bipolar world, with the United States and the Soviet Union.”
A new threat was ahead for the allies, especially from the north. From the bases inception in 1957 to is decommission in the late 1960’s, St. Marie was imperative to fending off a Soviet Attack. “The alarm goes out. They would launch from Glasgow across the border, heading into Canada, and they would intercept Soviet bombers as they came across the poles.” Laslie said. As the Cold War clash progressed the 476 Fighter Group and 13th Fighter Interceptor Squadron was disbanded from Glasgow Air Force Base. The 13th Fighter Interceptor Squadron flew F101 and F101B Voodoo aircraft, single or double seater planes. The Air Force then commissioned a bombardment wing, which equipped B-52 bombers and KC-135 refuelers. What the Air Force would call “detach and disperse” which places bombing fleets at numerous bases rather than at one.
“If there was a World War three scenario in Fairchild (Washington state) was destroyed. Not all of its bombers would be destroyed, right? There would still be 15 at Glasgow. 15 at another base or 15 at another base.” Glasgow Air Force base had a short tenure in its commission. Leta Godwin, Historian at the Valley County Museum gave a tour of the dilapidated homes on the west side of the base. “This is one of the old houses for the military people. Some live in fourplexes and duplexes around. Some of them have sold and people live in them, and others are just, abandoned.” The base was built to last, even in its disarray. Laslie explained that many of the airmen station at Glasgow were high ranking officers. The homes and amenities were top of the line. If an attack from the Soviets over the poles were to carry out, it would surely be a one-way mission. The Air Force wanted to ensure that those risking their life for the betterment of their country, had a comfortable set up.
Residents of St. Marie and surrounding areas have speculated the current use of the airfield. Some say its home to “nukes,” others say, “aliens,” and the more plausible reason, testing and training for aircraft unreleased to the public.
What we do know, is that Boeing purchased the airfield and is operated 24/7 by MARCO, Montana Aviation Research Company. Guarding restricted areas throughout the property and keeping trespassers from advancing past posted markers. “There was a couple times they allowed people to come, and they were practicing parachuting and stuff.” Elinor Lindsay said.
For those that reside on the property, the term, “ghost town” doesn’t take away from the fact that St. Marie is home.
“You know someone who can remember Glasgow Air Force Base as a child, to them, you know, ‘Hey, I lived on Glasgow Air Force Base. This was something for me. It's always been home.’” Laslie said
Lindsay adding laughing, “As long as my house lasts as long as I do, that’s all I can ask for.”
Question or comments about this article? Email the reporter at ryan.gamboa@krtv.com.
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ROCHESTER, Minn. - Rochester Public Schools announced that enrollment this year has fallen slightly compared to last year by 71 students.
While this may seem like a large figure, enrollment is actually higher than what was projected for this school year, with an anticipated drop of over 150 students.
John Carlson, Executive Director of Finances and Technology Services at Rochester Public Schools, feels that there are several factors that have contributed to the current enrollment rates, including the pandemic winding down and a push toward in person learning.
"We learned during the pandemic that distanced learning wasn't for everyone," Carlson said. "A lot of people desired consistent, reliable in person education."
The COVID-19 pandemic was a large cause for online learning and hybrid formats over the last few years, but as the number of cases and hospitalizations have reached manageable levels, public schools are back pushing for in person learning.
"That's what we're able to provide again," Carlson said. "We are all open and all available for our kids to be in person again."
While enrollment rates are looking good, there remains a large need for educators and staff across the school district. | 2022-10-11T22:13:32+00:00 | kimt.com | https://www.kimt.com/community/rochester-public-schools-enrollment-rates-remain-stable-this-fall/article_73bdca58-49a5-11ed-a3a1-6b0d70ba2bef.html |
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man in a flashpoint city in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The killing marks the latest bloodshed in spiraling violence that comes as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the region.
The Israeli military had no immediate comment. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the man, Nassim Abu Fouda, 26, was shot in Hebron, often a center of clashes between the Israeli military and Palestinians.
Israeli-Palestinian violence has spiked in recent days, with an Israeli military raid on a militant stronghold in the West Bank city of Jenin last week killing 10, most of them militants, and a Palestinian shooting attack in an east Jerusalem Jewish settlement that killed seven Israelis.
Unrest has continued in the ensuing days, prompting Israel to approve a series of punitive steps against the Palestinians and ratcheting up tensions just as Blinken begins meetings with leaders later in the day.
The violence comes after months of Israeli arrest raids in the West Bank, which were launched after a wave of Palestinians attacks against Israelis in the spring of 2022 that killed 19 people. Nearly 150 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank and east Jerusalem last year, making it the deadliest year in those territories since 2004, according to figures from the Israeli rights group B’Tselem. Another 10 Israelis were killed later last year, raising the 2022 Israeli death toll to 29.
Israel says that most of those killed have been militants but others — including youths protesting the incursions and other people not involved in confrontations — have also been killed. Israel says the military raids are meant to dismantle militant networks and thwart future attacks while the Palestinians view them as further entrenchment of Israel’s open-ended, 55-year occupation.
The bloodshed has spiked this month, during the first weeks of Israel’s new far-right government, which has promised to take a tough stance against the Palestinians and ramp up settlement construction. Monday’s death brings the toll of Palestinians killed this month to 35.
Blinken’s visit, which was planned before the flare-up, was expected to be fraught with tension over differences between the Biden administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government, which is made up of settlement supporters. He will now need to contend with an additional challenge during his trip, trying to restore calm even as violence persists.
After the Jenin raid, the Palestinians said they would cancel security coordination with Israel and after attacks against Israelis intensified, Israel said it would beef up Jewish settlements in the West Bank, among other steps.
Israeli Army Radio reported late Sunday that the government was also set to approve a rogue outpost deep inside the West Bank, and speed up approval for other such small settlements.
Israel also arrested 42 Palestinians, some relatives of the Jerusalem attacker, in its investigation into the attack. And the firebrand National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said he has ordered authorities to demolish illegally built Palestinian homes in east Jerusalem in response to the attack.
Ben-Gvir called it “one step among a series of important steps for governance and for the war on terror and we need more steps in this war.”
Palestinian residents of the city’s eastern sector say systemic housing discrimination means they are rarely granted building permits, prompting them to build illegally.
Israel captured the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip in the 1967 Mideast war, territories the Palestinians claim for their hoped-for independent state. Some 500,000 Israelis now live in the West Bank in dozens of settlements and outposts, some made up of just a few mobile homes and others sprawling cities with malls and public transit. The Palestinians and much of the international community view settlements as illegal and an obstacle to peace. | 2023-01-31T03:08:19+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-palestinians-say-israeli-troops-kill-man-in-west-bank/ |
‘Solemn honor’: Service dog honored during last Southwest flight after more than 250 trips
(Gray News) – A dog who had flown more than 250 times to help unite veterans with service dogs was honored during her last flight before her retirement.
Southwest Airlines posted a video of Kaya, a German Shepherd, on its Instagram page.
The airline said Kaya was specifically trained to help veterans cope with mental health issues and has been with her handler, Cole Lyle, a Marine Corps veteran, since 2014.
Kaya was also the main inspiration for the Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act.
The act, which allows veterans to be united with service dogs, was signed into law in 2021.
Kaya has flown over 320 times with Cole. Out of that number, 250 of those Southwest flights were made to lobby for the PAWS Act.
The airline said Kaya was recently diagnosed with an untreatable cancer, and her last flight with Southwest was meant to take her to her birthplace of Dallas.
The plane’s pilot said it was their “solemn honor” to take Kaya to her home to rest.
Kaya was met with cheers and applause as people honored her on the plane and greeted her at the airport.
Copyright 2023 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-02-10T03:31:47+00:00 | wafb.com | https://www.wafb.com/2023/02/10/solemn-honor-service-dog-honored-during-last-southwest-flight-after-more-than-250-trips/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Budget Office released an economic outlook Wednesday saying that high inflation will persist into next year, likely causing the federal government to pay higher interest rates on its debt.
The nonpartisan agency expects that the consumer price index will rise 6.1% this year and 3.1% in 2023. This forecast suggests that inflation will slow from current annual levels of 8.3%, yet it would still be dramatically above a long-term baseline of 2.3%.
The 10-year estimates do contain positive news as this year’s annual budget deficit will be $118 billion lower than forecast last year. That’s a byproduct of the end of pandemic-related spending and the solid job growth it helped to spur. As a share of the total economy, publicly held debt will drop through 2023. Still, the accumulated federal debt will likely continue to grow over the next decade to be equal to roughly 110% of U.S. gross domestic product.
The Federal Reserve has been trying to reduce inflation by raising its benchmark interest rates, causing the interest charged on 10-year U.S. Treasury notes to increase substantially in recent months. One consequence is that the government will be spending more money this year to service its debt. By 2032, the yearly interest payments will nearly be $1.2 trillion, or more than what the federal government spends on defense.
Still, the CBO cautions that its numbers “are subject to considerable uncertainty, in part because of the ongoing pandemic and other world events,” including Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. The report accounts at least for the first few months of the war, according to CBO.
Economists have said coronavirus relief programs issued by both the Biden and Trump administrations have contributed to higher inflation levels. But high prices have also been fueled by a delay in action by the Fed, supply chain disruptions and the tumult produced after Russia invaded Ukraine in February.
Ben Harris, the Treasury Department’s assistant secretary for economic policy, tweeted on Tuesday that the factors driving inflation also include soaring corporate profits, driven by a lack of business competition — as well as business not being fully prepared for the reopening of the economy as pandemic restrictions were lifted. The administration has emphasized that its plan put the U.S. economy into a stronger place relative to the rest of the world because unemployment is a low 3.6%.
“The American Rescue Plan has fostered an extraordinarily fast recovery and leaves us in a strong position to address the global challenges posed from supply chains and the economic fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” he tweeted.
The report says beyond 2032, “if current laws remained generally unchanged, deficits would continue to grow relative to the size of the economy over the following 20 years, keeping debt measured as a percentage of GDP on an upward trajectory throughout that period.”
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, told The Associated Press ahead of the release that the pandemic, war in Ukraine and other factors point to the importance of reducing the annual deficit.
“Unfortunately, the underlying story here is one of fiscally unsustainable positions and on top of that, we have this added challenge of inflation and a reminder that external shocks continue to come at us,” she said. | 2022-05-25T19:04:25+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/news/business/ap-business/congressional-budget-office-says-inflation-to-last-into-2023/ |
Michigan has changed its distracted driving law and those changes go into effect on June 30. Watch this latest installment of Know the Law to learn what the new language will mean to those driving on Michigan's roads with their cell phones. If you have further questions you can contact Tom at Sinas Dramis Law Firmor call 616-301-3333.
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HONOLULU (AP) — The pain physician brother of a former Hawaii prosecutor imprisoned in a corruption case that also took down her former police chief husband was found guilty Wednesday of prescribing oxycodone to his friends so that they could sell the pills for cash.
After a three-week trial, a jury found Dr. Rudolph Puana, 50, guilty of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and fentanyl and distribution of oxycodone and fentanyl outside the course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose, U.S. prosecutors said.
Some of the money funded cocaine parties with the Big Island doctor, and some of it was used to pay tuition for his friends' children at one the most expensive private schools in Hawaii, prosecutors said.
“We are, of course, disappointed with the verdict,” Puana's attorney, F. Clinton Broden, said in an email. “Any discussion of an appeal would be premature at this point.”
Puana’s sister, Katherine Kealoha, pleaded guilty in 2019 to using her position as a deputy prosecutor to protect him from a drug-dealing investigation. She entered the plea after a jury found her and her now-estranged husband guilty of conspiracy in a separate case alleging they plotted to frame a relative to keep him from revealing the fraud that financed their lavish lifestyle.
She is serving a 13-year prison sentence and her husband, Louis Kealoha, is serving a seven-year sentence.
A judge ordered Puana into custody immediately after the verdict. Jurors deliberated for less than a day. | 2022-04-21T02:48:49+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Ex-Hawaii-prosecutor-s-brother-found-guilty-of-17114105.php |
NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Unity Software Inc. (NYSE: U).
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Man accused of secretly recording women, underage girl in bathroom, authorities say
PITT COUNTY, N.C. (WITN/Gray News) - A man in North Carolina is facing 16 felony charges after deputies say he took pictures of women with a hidden camera.
WITN reports Eric Zobre is facing charges that include secret peeping, possession of images from secret peeping, sexual exploitation of a minor and violating a domestic violence protective order.
According to the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office, the case against Zobre started in December 2021 when deputies became aware of a domestic violence protective order violation.
Authorities said Zobre was taken into custody for that violation and then a person informed them that he was also showing various nude photos of women to other people.
According to the sheriff’s office, this person said Zobre was telling others how he got the images along with stealing items from his employer, Grady White Boats.
After a search warrant, deputies said they seized a camera and other electronic devices and the suspected stolen items from Zobre’s employer. They found photos of women in various stages of undressing on the devices.
Pitt County detectives and those from Atlantic Beach police said they identified multiple victims in the photos, including an underage girl, with images of the women in restrooms.
Deputies said they also found numerous photos of Zobre’s previous partners, reportedly used to humiliate them.
Zobre’s employer, Grady White Boats, confirmed the items police found appeared to be stolen property from the company.
Authorities said Zobre was booked into jail on a $1.375 million bond.
Copyright 2022 WITN via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-07-22T03:13:34+00:00 | wafb.com | https://www.wafb.com/2022/07/22/man-accused-secretly-recording-women-underage-girl-bathroom-authorities-say/ |
(NEXSTAR) – A Montana woman has been cited for animal cruelty after authorities say she shot and killed a young husky, skinned it, and posted photos of herself with it online.
In late September, the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office said it was notified about several husky and shepherd mix dogs left near Doris Creek in the Flathead National Forest. Several were located and taken in by Animal Control.
The Sheriff’s Office added that the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks notified them that one of the dogs may have been shot.
Through their investigation, authorities were able to identify the woman, who told them she had mistaken the husky for a wolf pup, a local outlet reports.
In a social media post that has since been deleted but was obtained by TMZ, the woman bragged about killing a young wolf. In a separate post, she admitted to making a mistake and said she believed it “was a hybrid wolf pup.” She added that the dog was aggressive and “coming directly for” her.
According to the Associated Press, the woman has been cited with a misdemeanor rather than a felony because authorities believe they can prove negligence but not intent. The woman pleaded not guilty last week. | 2022-11-01T00:50:30+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/montana-woman-cited-for-shooting-skinning-husky-she-thought-was-a-wolf/ |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
4-1-8, FIREBALL: 4
(four, one, eight; FIREBALL: four)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
4-1-8, FIREBALL: 4
(four, one, eight; FIREBALL: four) | 2022-11-17T00:45:52+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Evening-game-17590579.php |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two hospitals that refused to provide an emergency abortion to a pregnant woman who was experiencing premature labor put her life in jeopardy and violated federal law, a first-of-its-kind investigation by the federal government has found.
The findings, revealed in documents obtained by The Associated Press, are a warning to hospitals around the country as they struggle to reconcile dozens of new state laws that ban or severely restrict abortion with a federal mandate for doctors to provide abortions when a woman’s health is at risk. The competing edicts have been rolled out since the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion last year.
But federal law, which requires doctors to treat patients in emergency situations, trumps those state laws, the nation’s top health official said in a statement.
“Fortunately, this patient survived. But she never should have gone through the terrifying ordeal she experienced in the first place,” Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said. “We want her, and every patient out there like her, to know that we will do everything we can to protect their lives and health, and to investigate and enforce the law to the fullest extent of our legal authority, in accordance with orders from the courts.”
The federal agency’s investigation centers on two hospitals — Freeman Health System in Joplin, Missouri, and University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas — that in August refused to provide an abortion to a Missouri woman whose water broke early at 17 weeks of pregnancy. Doctors at both hospitals told Mylissa Farmer that her fetus would not survive, that her amniotic fluid had emptied and that she was at risk for serious infection or losing her uterus, but they would not terminate the pregnancy because a fetal heartbeat was still detectable.
Ultimately, Farmer had to travel to an abortion clinic in Illinois.
“It was dehumanizing. It was terrifying. It was horrible not to get the care to save your life,” Farmer, who lives in Joplin, said of her experience. “I felt like I was responsible to do something, to say something, to not have this happen again to another woman. It was bad enough to be so powerless.”
Farmer’s complaints launched the first investigations that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, has publicly acknowledged since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year. Across the country, women have reported being turned away from hospitals for abortions, despite doctors telling them that this puts them at further risk for infection or even death.
President Joe Biden’s administration has prodded hospitals not to turn away patients in those situations, even when state law forbids abortions. Weeks after the Supreme Court’s ruling, the Democratic administration reminded hospitals that federal law requires them to offer an abortion when a pregnant woman is at risk for an emergency medical condition. The federal government can investigate hospitals that receive Medicare and Medicaid money — which encompasses most facilities in the U.S. — for violations of the law.
CMS has not announced any fines or other penalties against the two hospitals in its investigation, but it did send them notices warning that they were in violation of the law and asking them to correct the problems that led to Farmer being turned away. Federal Medicare investigators will follow up with the hospitals before closing the case.
Abortions are largely banned in Missouri, but there are exceptions for medical emergencies. In Kansas, when Farmer visited the hospital, abortions were still legal up to 22 weeks. It’s unclear why University of Kansas Health refused to offer Farmer one. Neither hospital responded immediately to a request for comment on the case.
Nationwide, doctors have reported uncertainty around how to provide care to pregnant women, especially in the nearly 20 states where new laws have banned or limited the care. Doctors face criminal and civil penalties in some states for aborting a pregnancy.
But in a letter sent Monday to hospital and doctors associations that highlights the investigations, Becerra said he hopes the investigations clarify that the organizations must follow the federal law, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTALA.
“While many state laws have recently changed,” Becerra wrote, “it’s important to know that the federal EMTALA requirements have not changed, and continue to require that health care professionals offer treatment, including abortion care, that the provider reasonably determines is necessary to stabilize the patient’s emergency medical condition.”
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Follow the AP’s coverage of abortion at https://apnews.com/hub/abortion. | 2023-05-01T14:25:39+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/feds-hospitals-that-denied-emergency-abortion-broke-the-law/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_seattle-news |
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WIAT) — A shooting overnight in Tuscaloosa left one person injured Thursday.
According to Tuscaloosa Police, officers were called out to the 2100 block of 14th Avenue around 2:45 am on reports of a person shot. Officers arrived to find a man in his forties suffering from a gunshot wound in the roadway.
Officers later determined the man was shot at a residence near Bonita Terrace Apartments.
The man was taken to DCH Regional Medical Center in unknown condition. | 2023-06-29T14:49:05+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/crime/overnight-shooting-in-tuscaloosa-leaves-1-injured/ |
The death of dozens of people in the back of a semi-trailer in San Antonio, Texas, is a reminder of the dangers people face crossing the border illegally. Yet, large numbers of people are trying.
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The death of dozens of people in the back of a semi-trailer in San Antonio, Texas, is a reminder of the dangers people face crossing the border illegally. Yet, large numbers of people are trying.
Copyright 2022 NPR | 2022-06-29T22:58:27+00:00 | kgou.org | https://www.kgou.org/2022-06-29/san-antonio-deaths-highlight-the-dangers-people-face-crossing-the-border-illegally |
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Grand Rapids is looking to hire 75 lifeguards to staff the city’s three pools this summer.
The job is available to those ages 15 and older, and those interested can apply at this link. Pay is $14 an hour, and life guards typically work about 25 to 30 hours a week, with pool managers working closer to 40 hours a week.
One of the training requirements to be a city lifeguard is having multiple certifications, such as first aid, lifeguarding and CPR, from the American Red Cross.
In an effort to reduce that barrier to employment for some, Grand Rapids is offering those certification courses to applicants for free. The certifications are valid for two years, and the city says they’re valued at $250.
“Our lifeguards are crucial to creating a safe and welcoming environment at our outdoor pools,” said David Marquardt, director of the Parks and Recreation Department. “We want to hire lifeguards who are passionate about serving our community, regardless of their financial ability.”
To be eligible for the free certification, participants who pass the courses must work as a lifeguard at one of the city’s three pools during the 2023 season.
The city’s public pools are at Briggs, Martin Luther King and Richmond parks.
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Michigan State students plan protest after 3 students killed, 5 critically injured in mass shooting
‘When will this end?’ MSU freshman survives second school shooting in less than 2 years | 2023-02-15T16:32:54+00:00 | mlive.com | https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2023/02/grand-rapids-looking-to-hire-75-lifeguards-for-2023-season.html |
SAN ANTONIO – The Federal Emergency Management Agency has released the finalized flood maps that will take effect in July.
The maps affect portions of China Grove, Elmendorf, San Antonio and St. Hedwig along with some unincorporated areas of Bexar County.
According to a press release, a FEMA compliance specialist will work with the community to update each floodplain ordinance and adopt the new maps by July 19.
The current and future Flood Insurance Rate Map can be viewed on FEMA’s Flood Map Changes Viewer.
Residents are encouraged to examine the maps to determine if they are in a low-to-moderate or high-risk flood zone that would require a flood insurance policy.
“If a property owner has a federally backed mortgage on a property in the floodplain, they will be required to purchase flood insurance. Based on data from the National Flood Insurance Program from August 31, 2022, the average annual cost for flood insurance premium and associated fees in Bexar County is $783.45. The average coverage including building and contents is $285,505. For more information about flood insurance, property owners can speak with their home insurance provider, keeping in mind that flood insurance is separate from home insurance,” the San Antonio River Authority advises on its website.
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People can learn more about their flood insurance options by talking with their insurance agent or visiting floodsmart.gov.
People can also contact their local floodplain administrator to review the maps over the phone by calling 877-FEMA MAP (877-336-2627) or send an email to FEMA-FMIX@fema.dhs.gov or by live chat service online.
The San Antonio River Authority has invited Bexar County residents to attend one of 11 public meetings about the map revisions scheduled through March.
View the San Antonio River Authority Draft Floodplain Viewer
Watch: Archived aerial footage from Sky 12 shows South Texas flood of 1998: | 2023-01-19T23:23:48+00:00 | ksat.com | https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2023/01/19/fema-releases-new-flood-maps-for-san-antonio-bexar-county-effective-in-july/ |
Round Led by JW Asset Management to Advance House of Brands Strategy
Tyson 2.0 is Licensed in over 20 States and has Sold Over 4,000 lbs of Cannabis Flower
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tyson 2.0 ("The Company"), iconic boxer, entrepreneur and cannabis advocate Mike Tyson's cannabis brand, has taken the nation by storm by becoming a consumer favorite in over 20 US states and Canada since its launch late last year. In that time, Tyson 2.0 has sold over 4,000 pounds of cannabis flower across North America. Today, the Company announced the close of its oversubscribed $9 Million Series A round led by JW Asset Management. Additional investors in the round include K2, Ambria Capital, Tress Capital, and Patrick Carroll.
Tyson 2.0 Co-founder, President and Chairman, Chad Bronstein said, "Mike Tyson and our team believed early on that building high-quality cannabis brands and products backed by A-list celebrities would be a winning combination. Our model has shown early validation with robust sales and expansion of the brand to more than 20 states including several of the world's leading operators. The next step in our journey will require us to put more capital to work, and I couldn't think of a better set of partners than the group of investors we have assembled, highlighted by Jason Wild and the team at JW Asset Management."
The raised funds will be used to acquire more celebrity intellectual property, scale marketing efforts, accelerate distribution, and further invest in the development of Tyson 2.0's house of brands strategy.
"I've had the pleasure of working with and knowing Chad and Adam for many years. I am impressed with how quickly they have scaled the business becoming one of the leading national cannabis brands on the market today. With the ability to develop additional products from celebrities like Mike Tyson, Ric Flair, and more to come, I am confident the strong momentum can continue," said Jason Wild, President and Chief Investment Officer, JW Asset Management.
Tyson 2.0 is also pleased to announce the appointment of Nicole Cosby as its Chief Legal and Licensing Officer. Cosby also served as Chief Data and Compliance Officer of Fyllo Group and prior to this, held the position of Senior Vice President of Standards at Publicis Group. Cosby is an attorney by trade and has a background in digital advertising/data policy and brand strategy/licensing.
Bronstein concluded, "This is just the beginning, Tyson 2.0 is being sought out by some of the hottest pop culture icons who are cannabis advocates and users, and want the opportunity to share their love of the plant with their fans."
For more information on Tyson 2.0, visit Tyson20.com. Tyson 2.0-branded merchandise is available for purchase at shoptyson20.com.
About JW Asset Management
JW Asset Management is a New York based fund manager with combined assets under management of approximately $1 billion. Jason Wild, the firm's founder and Chief Investment Officer, is a registered pharmacist and Executive Chairman of TerrAscend Corp (CSE:TER,OTCQX:TRSSF). JW Asset Management has a history of finding attractive investment opportunities across the healthcare and cannabis industries and actively invests in both public and private markets.
About Tyson 2.0
Tyson 2.0 is a premier cannabis company formed with legendary boxer, entrepreneur and icon Mike Tyson. The company's mission is to produce innovative, high-quality cannabis products known for purity, precision, and wide accessibility. Providing consumers an outstanding selection of products, Tyson 2.0 is an extraordinary balance of premium and affordable, full-spectrum cannabis flower, concentrates and consumables available at retailers nationwide. Learn more at Tyson20.com.
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(The Hill) — Scientists have uncovered a link between the world’s most commonly used weedkiller and convulsions in animals — raising questions about the herbicide’s potential impact on the human nervous system as well.
Exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, increased seizure-like behavior in soil-dwelling roundworms, according to the researchers, who published their findings in Scientific Reports on Tuesday.
With glyphosate use expected to rise dramatically over the coming years, understanding its possible effects on human health is critical, according to the study.
“It is concerning how little we understand the impact of glyphosate on the nervous system,” lead author Akshay Naraine, a Ph.D. candidate at Florida Atlantic University and the International Max Planck Research School for Synapses and Circuits, said in a statement.
“More evidence is mounting for how prevalent exposure to glyphosate is, so this work hopefully pushes other researchers to expand on these findings and solidify where our concerns should be,” Naraine added.
Just last month, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that more than 80 percent of urine sampled by the agency was at or above the detection limit for glyphosate, as The Hill reported.
Bayer, which manufactures Roundup, has faced thousands of lawsuits alleging that the product causes cancer. While the International Agency for Research on Cancer deemed glyphosate a “probable” carcinogen in 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency said in 2020 that there was insufficient evidence to show that the chemical is a probable or likely carcinogen.
In Tuesday’s study, Naraine and his colleagues said they used the roundworm C. elegans to test the effects of glyphosate alone and of both the U.S. formulation of Roundup and the British product from two distinct periods.
The two windows in question were before and after 2016, at which time the United Kingdom banned a surfactant — called polyethoxylated tallowamine — that had been in the earlier formulation.
These varying conditions, the scientists explained, helped them pinpoint which effects were specific to the active ingredient glyphosate.
Ultimately, the authors found that glyphosate exacerbated convulsions in C. elegans and concluded that a receptor protein called GABA-A was the neurological target for the observed physiological changes. In humans, these receptors are essential to locomotion and contribute to sleep and mood regulation, according to the authors.
Scientists often study C. elegans to gain an understanding about human diseases and development, as they share a common ancestor.
The data revealed a significant distinction between exposure to glyphosate alone and Roundup — with exposure to Roundup increasing the percentage of C. elegans that did not recover from seizure activity, according to the study.
The scientists also used significantly lower levels of glyphosate and Roundup than is suggested on the product — more than 300 times less herbicide than the lowest concentration recommended for consumer use.
Yet they found that the roundworms convulsed at concentrations that were diluted 1,000 times more than concentrations previously deemed toxic, according to the study.
“Given how widespread the use of these products is, we must learn as much as we can about the potential negative impacts that may exist,” Ken Dawson-Scully, a professor of neurobiology and Naraine’s faculty mentor, said in a statement.
“There have been studies done in the past that showed the potential dangers, and our study takes that one step further with some pretty dramatic results,” added Dawson-Scully, who also serves as a senior vice president and associate provost at Nova Southeastern University.
Roundworms already experience convulsions when they encounter thermal stress — and these new findings show that exposure to glyphosate and Roundup can exacerbate these impacts, according to Naraine.
“This could prove vital as we experience the effects of climate change,” Naraine said.
Dawson-Scully acknowledged that, at this point, there is no insight as to “how exposure to glyphosate and Roundup may affect humans diagnosed with epilepsy or other seizure disorders.”
“Our study indicates that there is significant disruption in locomotion and should prompt further vertebrate studies,” he said.
The Hill has reached out to Bayer for comment. | 2022-08-23T17:09:13+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/scientists-link-common-weedkiller-to-convulsions-in-animals/ |
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Eight people including five children were found dead from gunshot wounds in a southern Utah home Wednesday, according to authorities who did not provide details or a potential motive for the killings.
The victims were found when police did a welfare check at the residence, according to a statement by city officials in Enoch, a city of about 8,000 people located 245 miles (394 kilometers) south of Salt Lake City.
Police said they did not detect any threat to the public.
Iron County School District officials said in a letter sent to parents that the five children attended schools in the district.
Enoch City Manager Rob Dotson said the community was sent reeling by news of the eight bodies and that the deceased — all members of one family — were well known in the southern Utah town.
“Many of us have served with them in church, in the community and gone to school with these individuals,” Dotson said in a video statement Wednesday night.
“This community at this time is hurting. They’re feeling loss, they’re feeling pain and they have a lot of questions,” Dotson added, noting that officials planned on releasing more information as it becomes available and the police investigation progresses.
Welfare checks based on calls to the police department like the one that led them to the residence where the bodies were found are routine when individuals are not seen for extended periods of time, Dotson said.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox offered condolences in a tweet Wednesday night. | 2023-01-05T05:46:18+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/8-dead-in-Utah-home-in-apparent-shooting-17695642.php |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A Black man born during slavery is now known as the Godfather of Tennessee whiskey.
With every pour of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, a legacy comes to life.
“I am hopeful that they know the story,” said Victoria Eady Butler. “They are raising a glass to history.”
It’s history she has flowing in her veins, as an awarding winning master blender.
“I’m very fortunate to be Nearest Green’s great-great granddaughter,” she said.
Born in 1820, Uncle Nearest’s given name was Nathan Green: a slave. After abolition his family found a home in Lynchburg, Tennessee where word of his whiskey spread for miles.
“He put one more ingredient, and he filtered his whiskey through sugar maple charcoal, which is called the Lincoln County process. So, Nearest was making whiskey for a minister over in Lincoln County,” said Jason Morgan, tour guide and bourbon buff at the Nearest Green Distillery in Shelbyville, Tennessee.
“You never work a day in your life if you enjoy it, and I love telling the story,” said Morgan. “To be honest, I was working at Jack Daniels as a tour guide, and I was there when the story broke.”
The story “broke” to the rest of the country after it had been told for years by Butler’s grandmother.
“She made sure that the family knew the story of his relationship with Jack Daniel and she always said that her grandfather taught Jack Daniel how to make whiskey,” she said. “The townspeople of Lynchburg knew their relationship and that Nearest was responsible for making whiskey for Jack Daniel and teaching him how to make whiskey. But when Fawn Weaver arrived in the town of Lynchburg, so much more followed.”
Fawn Weaver led a team of 20 history experts to uncover thousands of documents and renewed a legacy with the creation of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey in 2017.
“It became very clear that we don’t do Nearest Green justice, if we don’t cement his legacy,” Weaver told News 2 in a 2021 interview.
A legacy now known worldwide, but the folks in Lynchburg knew about it all along. According to the Nearest Green Foundation, “Nearest Green and his children were mentioned 50 times” in Jack Daniel’s official biography in 1967, which was “more times than nearly anyone else contained in the book.”
Though his memory is vivid to locals, there are no pictures of Nearest Green.
“For me, and probably most people that have seen that iconic picture with Nearest’s son seated to the right hand of Jack Daniel, I imagine that he looks something like that – a very strong, proud, humble Black man who worked really hard,” said Butler.
That hard work is now known by everyone who visits the distillery’s 300 acre property off Highway 231 in Shelbyville, Tennessee.
“I came over here as a kid, my dad would come over here, if you wanted to offload a horse,” said Morgan.
The property has a history of its own, as visitors can still see the stalls from when Tennessee walking horses used to be sold there.
“Nearest Green never made whiskey here, but the fact that we have a home place for the brand that honors him, it means everything,” said Butler. “I truly believe that his spirit lives on here. There is a certain feeling that I get when I drive through the gate of this property. I think he is beyond proud of what we have done, and what we are continuing to do to shine a light on his contribution to the spirits industry and ensuring that his legacy is never forgotten.”
Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey was the most awarded American whiskey of 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. It surpassed $100 million in sales last year.
Butler was named Master Blender of the Year four times, and she’s the first person of color with this honor.
She previously worked as an analytical manager for the Regional Organized Crime Information Center in Nashville. After a brief retirement she went to work in administration for the Nearest Green Foundation before transitioning to master blender.
“Those awards and accolades that I have been fortunate to receive in the last few years, I’m extremely proud of that. But I’m more proud, I think, of the team that Fawn Weaver put together,” she said. “We are extremely diverse, we are inclusive, we are a family.”
That family is now working to share a story once lost in time by honoring his legacy and becoming a household name.
“What I tell people when you buy whiskey or when you drink whiskey is that it needs to be approachable. It needs to be something you do want to reach for,” said Morgan. “I think we’re producing is one of those brands that you love. In all the whiskey I have at home, and I have quite a bit of it, I want you to reach for Uncle Nearest.”
The company launched the Uncle Nearest HBCU Old-Fashioned challenge this year to raise $1 million dollars. From now until March 31st consumers can participate in the challenge in one of four ways. Click this link for more information. | 2023-02-03T03:53:12+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/hidden-history/black-history-month/whiskey-honoring-black-namesake-thrives-after-story-comes-to-light/ |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Sheryl Sandberg, the No. 2 executive at Facebook owner Meta, is stepping down, according to a post Wednesday on her Facebook page. Sandberg has served as chief operating officer at the social media giant for 14 years. She joined from Google in 2008, four years before Facebook went public.
Meta did not immediately respond to a message for comment.
“When I took this job in 2008, I hoped I would be in this role for five years. Fourteen years later, it is time for me to write the next chapter of my life,” Sandberg wrote on her Facebook page. She did not say what she planned to do.
Sandberg has led Facebook — now Meta’s — advertising business and was responsible for nurturing it from its infancy into an over $100 billion-a-year powerhouse.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in his own Facebook post that he doesn’t plan to replace Sandberg in the company’s existing structure. Javier Olivan will serve as Meta’s new COO.
Zuckerberg said this “this role will be different from what Sheryl has done. It will be a more traditional COO role where Javi will be focused internally and operationally, building on his strong track record of making our execution more efficient and rigorous.”
While Sandberg has long been Zuckerberg’s No. 2, even sitting next to him — pre-pandemic, at least — in the company’s Menlo Park, California, headquarters, she also had a very public-facing job, meeting with lawmakers, holding focus groups and speaking out on issues such as women in the workplace and most recently, abortion.
“I think Meta has reached the point where it makes sense for our product and business groups to be more closely integrated, rather than having all the business and operations functions organized separately from our products,” Zuckerberg wrote.
Sandberg has had some public missteps at the company, including her attempt to deflect blame from Facebook for the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. In an interview later that month that was streamed by Reuters, she said she thought the events of the day were “largely organized on platforms that don’t have our abilities to stop hate, don’t have our standards and don’t have our transparency.”
This turned out to be untrue. Internal documents, revealed by whistleblower Frances Haugen later that year, showed that Facebook’s own employees were concerned about the company’s halting and often reversed response to rising extremism in the U.S.
“Haven’t we had enough time to figure out how to manage discourse without enabling violence?” one employee wrote on an internal message board at the height of the Jan. 6 turmoil. “We’ve been fueling this fire for a long time and we shouldn’t be surprised it’s now out of control.”
Sandberg, who lost her husband suddenly in 2015, said she is “not entirely sure what the future will bring.”
“But I know it will include focusing more on my foundation and philanthropic work, which is more important to me than ever given how critical this moment is for women,” she wrote, adding that she is also getting married this summer, and that parenting their expanded family of five children will also be a part of this future.
She’s leaving Meta in the fall and will continue to serve on the company’s board. | 2022-06-01T21:22:02+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/sheryl-sandberg-longtime-no-2-exec-at-facebook-steps-down/ |
EDGEWOOD, N.M. (KRQE) – Another New Mexico community is grappling with how to handle abortion in the wake of recent rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court. Tuesday, April 25, Edgewood, N.M. is set to discuss (in a public meeting) a ballot question that could let locals bring civil lawsuits against anyone who violates certain federal abortion laws.
Edgewood isn’t the first community to consider setting local rules relating to abortion. Supporters of such ordinances argue that shipping abortion medication is illegal under a federal law passed in 1873, known as the Comstock Act. Opponents point out that the law has been narrowed over the years and rarely enforced.
The proposed ordinance in Edgewood rests on the debate over the Comstock Act. According to attorneys who have already weighed in on the proposal, the local ordinance would only let individuals sue for violation of the Comstock Act if the U.S. Supreme Court determines that it’s illegal to violate the Comstock Act without proof of intent that the mailed drugs are to be used for abortion.
Here in New Mexico, the state Supreme Court recently ordered some towns and locales to suspend local abortion-related ordinances as lawsuits over the ordinances are worked out. As for Edgewood’s proposed ordinance, some state politicians have already said they’re planning on fighting against the proposal. | 2023-04-25T16:52:36+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/edgewood-considers-local-abortion-ordinance-ballot-question/ |
REXBURG, Idaho, July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Home Care Pulse, a leading provider of workforce education and engagement applications for post-acute care and senior living organizations, has acquired Teaching Transitions, a renowned provider of online hospice volunteer training. This acquisition reinforces Home Care Pulse's position as the education solution for hospice providers. Teaching Transitions specializes in delivering high-quality online training and coursework tailored specifically for hospice volunteers. Their extensive range of educational materials equips volunteers with the knowledge and skills to provide effective support to patients and families at end of life.
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Brewers first. Christian Yelich doubles to deep left field. Jon Singleton lines out to left field to Austin Hays. William Contreras walks. Rowdy Tellez flies out to center field to Aaron Hicks. Brian Anderson singles to shallow left field. William Contreras to third. Christian Yelich scores. Abraham Toro singles to right field. Brian Anderson to second. William Contreras scores. Luis Urias hit by pitch. Abraham Toro to second. Brian Anderson to third. Brice Turang strikes out swinging.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on. Brewers 2, Orioles 0.
Orioles second. Austin Hays doubles to left field. Aaron Hicks homers to right field. Austin Hays scores. Ryan Mountcastle grounds out to shortstop, Abraham Toro to Jon Singleton. Ramon Urias strikes out swinging. Ryan O'Hearn singles to shallow infield. Jorge Mateo grounds out to shallow infield, Luis Urias to Jon Singleton.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Orioles 2, Brewers 2.
Orioles seventh. Ramon Urias strikes out swinging. Ryan O'Hearn homers to center field. Jorge Mateo lines out to left center field to Joey Wiemer. Adam Frazier grounds out to second base, Luis Urias to Jon Singleton.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Orioles 3, Brewers 2.
Brewers eighth. Blake Perkins walks. Luis Urias called out on strikes. Brice Turang singles to center field. Blake Perkins scores. Joey Wiemer strikes out swinging. Christian Yelich is intentionally walked. Owen Miller grounds out to shallow infield, Yennier Cano to Ryan Mountcastle.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on. Orioles 3, Brewers 3.
Brewers tenth. Blake Perkins pops out to shallow infield to Ramon Urias. Luis Urias walks. Brice Turang strikes out swinging. Joey Wiemer singles to deep left field. Luis Urias to second. Andruw Monasterio scores.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on. Brewers 4, Orioles 3. | 2023-06-07T04:24:07+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/sports/article/baltimore-milwaukee-runs-18139162.php |
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has not been cleared to return to football activities and was ruled out for Sunday’s playoff game against the Buffalo Bills as he remains in the NFL’s concussion protocol, coach Mike McDaniel said Wednesday.
The Dolphins are preparing for rookie Skylar Thompson to be their starter when they face the Bills for the third time this season. Backup Teddy Bridgewater is working his way back to full strength after dislocating his pinky finger.
McDaniel said he did not know if Tagovailoa would be able to travel with the team this weekend, and although he has not had any setbacks in the healing process, there are “compounding variables” at play that will keep him off the field indefinitely.
“He, himself, is learning that he needs to listen to the advice of doctors and medical professionals,” McDaniel said. “He understands the severity of doing that, so there’s a little bit of things that he can’t control.”
Tagovailoa was diagnosed with his second concussion of the season after a Week 16 loss to Green Bay and missed the Dolphin’s final two games of the regular season.
He missed two games earlier in the season after he was concussed in a Week 4 game against Cincinnati on a scary hit that briefly knocked him unconscious. That was four days after he was allowed to return to a game after appearing disoriented following a hit.
The NFL later changed its concussion protocol to mandate that if a player shows possible concussion symptoms — including a lack of balance or stability — he must sit out the rest of the game.
McDaniel declined to say whether there is any concern about Tagovailoa’s long-term health and if there have been any thoughts about how the head injuries will affect the third-year quarterback’s career.
“I’m just thinking about his day and him getting to full health as a human being," McDaniel said. "And then when it’s time to turn the page, I’ll turn the page.”
Thompson, in his second start of the season, completed 20 of 31 passes for 152 yards and no turnovers Sunday in a 11-6 victory over the New York Jets.
“The good thing for me, I feel like I got a pretty good feel for what a playoff game kind of would look like just last week," Thompson said. “It was a win-or-go-home type of situation for us, so getting to experience kind of what that felt like last week I think was helpful.”
Many players on the Dolphins' roster have never played in the postseason, and they'll be in a tough spot Sunday against the Bills, who have playoff experience and a top-six offense and defense.
They do, however, have the benefit of familiarity, as they'll meet Josh Allen and the Bills for the third time this season. Miami and Buffalo split the regular-season series, with the home team winning each game.
“I feel like I play him all the time and I really do," linebacker Jerome Baker said. "We know them, they know us and it’s no secret what they’re going to do. It’s no secret what we’re going to do. We’ve just got to go out there and execute and get it done.”
NOTES: McDaniel said LT Terron Armstead (toe/pec/knee/hip) is progressing but doesn't know what that means for his availability this season. Armstead has dealt with injuries all season and missed Miami's last two games. “I expect him to be out there if he’s capable,” McDaniel said. "And if he’s not, he’ll make the best decision for the team. That’s just kind of how he’s built.” ... LB Bradley Chubb (ankle/hand), OL Liam Eichenberg (hand) and T Brandon Shell (knee/ankle) did not practice Wednesday.
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By ISABEL DEBRE
Associated Press
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — One of Iran’s major steel companies said on Monday it was forced to halt production after being hit by a cyberattack, apparently marking one of the biggest such assaults on the country’s strategic industrial sector in recent memory.
The state-owned Khuzestan Steel Company said experts had determined the plant had to stop work until further notice “due to technical problems” following “cyberattacks.” The company’s website was down on Monday.
The company’s CEO, Amin Ebrahimi, claimed that Khuzestan Steel managed to thwart the cyberattack and prevent structural damage to production lines that would impact supply chains and customers.
“Fortunately with time and awareness, the attack was unsuccessful,” the semiofficial Mehr news agency quoted Ebrahimi as saying, adding that he expected the company’s website to be restored and everything to return to “normal” by the end of Monday.
A local news channel, Jamaran, reported that the attack failed because the factory happened to be non-operational at the time due to an electricity outage.
The company did not blame any specific group for the assault, which constitutes just the latest example of an attack targeting the country’s services that has embarrassed authorities in recent weeks. In a major incident last year, a cyberattack on Iran’s fuel distribution paralyzed gas stations across the country, leading to long lines of angry motorists.
Train stations in Iran have been hit with fake delay messages. Surveillance cameras in the country have been hacked. State-run websites have been disrupted. Footage showing abuse in the country’s notorious Evin prison has leaked out.
Iran has previously accused the United States and Israel for cyberattacks that have crippled the country’s infrastructure.
Iran disconnected much of its government infrastructure from the internet after the Stuxnet computer virus — widely believed to be a joint U.S.-Israeli creation — disrupted thousands of Iranian centrifuges in the country’s nuclear sites in the late 2000s.
Khuzestan Steel Company, based in Ahvaz in the oil-rich southwestern Khuzestan province, has a monopoly on steel production in Iran along with two other major state-owned firms.
Founded before Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, the company for decades afterward had some production lines supplied by German, Italian and Japanese companies. Service has been continuous except during catastrophic Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, when Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein sent his army across the border.
However, crushing sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program has forced the company to reduce its dependence on foreign parts.
The government considers steel a crucial sector. Iran is the leading producer of steel in the Middle East and among the top 10 in the world, according to the World Steel Association. Its iron ore mines provide raw materials for domestic production and are exported to dozens of countries, including Italy, China and the United Arab Emirates.
Iran’s crude steel production, however, was only 2.3 million tons last month, the WSA said. Its concurrent drop in exports has been largely attributed to sanctions-hit Russia flooding Iran’s Chinese buyers with discounted steel after losing access to Western markets amid the war on Ukraine.
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Mike Grier, the younger brother of Miami Dolphins general manager Chris Grier, made history in the NHL on Tuesday.
Mike Grier was named the general manager of the San Jose Sharks, making him the NHL’s first Black GM. The Sharks announced the move on social media and held a news conference on Tuesday afternoon.
Chris Grier released a statement on his brother’s hiring later in the day: “I am incredibly happy and proud of Mike. The San Jose Sharks organization is getting a man of character and integrity. He has always been respected on and off the ice by his peers. Mike will bring his work ethic and passion every day to the job. Mike understands the game, with intelligence, experience and knowledge to succeed as a GM. Our parents deserve all the credit for how they raised us. We were very fortunate to be able to observe and learn from our father, Bobby, while growing up. Congratulations to Mike and the San Jose Sharks on a great hire.”
The Griers are in rare air as one of the few — if any — brother combinations to hold GM roles for teams in different American professional sports leagues. They are the first Black brothers to be GMs of pro teams.
Chris Grier, 52, became Dolphins GM in 2016 after holding various scouting positions within the franchise since 2000.
Mike Grier, 47, played 14 seasons in the NHL for four different teams: the Sharks, Buffalo Sabres, Washington Capitals and Edmonton Oilers. He retired from playing hockey in 2011.
“Really excited to get to work and be back in the Bay Area,” Grier said in a video released by the Sharks on Twitter. “I know there’s been lots of ups and downs, but I’m ready to work hard and get at it and get this thing back on the tracks.”
Mike Grier spent the past season as New York Rangers’ hockey operations adviser and also worked as a scout for the Chicago Blackhawks from 2014 to 2018. He replaces Sharks interim GM Joe Will, who took over in November after longtime GM Doug Wilson vacated the role due to medical reasons. Grier will lead a coaching search after San Jose fired coach Bob Boughner, who was formerly coach of the Florida Panthers.
The Grier brothers are sons to Bobby Grier, who held various coaching, scouting and executive positions for the New England Patriots for two decades from 1981 to 2000. Bobby Grier has been a Dolphins consultant since 2017.
The Dolphins’ Chris Grier led what is likely his most successful offseason in Miami this year.
He pulled off a blockbuster trade with the Kansas City Chiefs for star wide receiver Tyreek Hill and acquired to tackle Terron Armstead in free agency, among a series of other moves to bolster the offense for new coach Mike McDaniel. Grier and the Dolphins also kept their defense intact after the unit spearheaded an effort to win eight of the team’s last nine games in 2021, falling one win short of a playoff berth.
() | 2022-07-12T20:40:22+00:00 | denverpost.com | https://www.denverpost.com/2022/07/12/mike-grier-brother-of-dolphins-gm-chris-grier-named-nhls-first-black-general-manager-3/ |
By The Associated Press
Miami Marlins (65-91, fourth in the NL East) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (83-73, second in the NL Central)
Milwaukee; Friday, 8:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Marlins: Sandy Alcantara (14-8, 2.32 ERA, .99 WHIP, 199 strikeouts); Brewers: Corbin Burnes (11-8, 3.25 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, 231 strikeouts)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Brewers -175, Marlins +148; over/under is 6 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Miami Marlins bring a 1-0 advantage into the next game of the series against the Milwaukee Brewers.
Milwaukee has an 83-73 record overall and a 43-32 record in home games. The Brewers have the seventh-ranked team on-base percentage in the NL at .316.
Miami is 65-91 overall and 33-45 on the road. The Marlins have a 38-5 record in games when they scored five or more runs.
The teams play Friday for the fifth time this season. The season series is tied 2-2.
TOP PERFORMERS: Christian Yelich has 25 doubles, four triples, 12 home runs and 54 RBI for the Brewers. Kolten Wong is 9-for-31 with two doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games.
Jon Berti has 16 doubles, two triples, four home runs and 26 RBI while hitting .236 for the Marlins. Bryan De La Cruz is 18-for-38 with seven doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Brewers: 5-5, .237 batting average, 3.24 ERA, outscored opponents by 10 runs
Marlins: 6-4, .248 batting average, 2.50 ERA, outscored opponents by 11 runs
INJURIES: Brewers: Adrian Houser: 15-Day IL (groin), Luis Perdomo: 15-Day IL (calf), Alex Jackson: 60-Day IL (wrist), Jonathan Davis: 10-Day IL (elbow), Trevor Rosenthal: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Jandel Gustave: 15-Day IL (forearm), Miguel Sanchez: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Marlins: Garrett Cooper: 10-Day IL (finger), Steven Okert: 15-Day IL (tricep), Edward Cabrera: day-to-day (ankle), Trevor Rogers: 15-Day IL (lat), Jorge Soler: 60-Day IL (back), Anthony Bender: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Holloway: 60-Day IL (elbow), Daniel Castano: 7-Day IL (concussion), Max Meyer: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jazz Chisholm: 60-Day IL (back), Cody Poteet: 60-Day IL (elbow), Paul Campbell: 60-Day IL (elbow), Sean Guenther: 60-Day IL (arm)
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The San Francisco Giants postponed a news conference Tuesday to introduce Carlos Correa after a medical concern arose during the All-Star shortstop's physical, according to two people with direct knowledge of the situation.
The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the Giants have not announced publicly any details regarding Correa's $350 million, 13-year agreement, not even that Tuesday's availability was to introduce the prized free agent.
One person confirmed that Tuesday's conference to welcome Correa was put on hold because the sides were awaiting the results of testing. A second person said that a medical issue was flagged during Correa's physical.
Correa and the Giants agreed on Dec. 13 to the massive deal, subject to a successful physical, according to one of the people. Correa has been placed on the injured list seven times during his eight-year career.
The media availability had been scheduled for 11 a.m. PST at Oracle Park, but it was called off about three hours before it was to take place. The Giants did not provide an explanation as to why.
It was not clear if the sides had discussed renegotiating Correa's agreement.
Correa, the 2015 AL Rookie of the Year, has a .279 career average with 155 homers and 553 RBIs in eight big league seasons. He also has been a stellar postseason performer with 18 homers and 59 RBIs in 79 games.
Just about the only knock on Correa's resume is durability. He has played at least 150 games in a season just once because of various injuries.
Correa was a free agent one year ago after leaving the Houston Astros, and he reached a $105.3 million deal with the Minnesota Twins. That agreement gave the two-time All-Star the right to opt out after one year and $35.1 million to hit the market again.
The 28-year-old Correa terminated his deal and went back on the free-agent market.
Correa’s guarantee from the Giants would be the fourth-largest in baseball history. Mike Trout got a $426.5 million, 12-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels, Mookie Betts has a $365 million, 12-year agreement with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Aaron Judge is getting $360 million for nine years to remain with the New York Yankees in an agreement announced Tuesday.
Correa hit .291 with 22 home runs and 64 RBIs in his one season with Minnesota. He was selected by Houston with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2012 amateur draft, and he played a key role in the Astros’ rise from the bottom of the AL West to the franchise’s first World Series title in 2017.
The Astros’ championship was tainted by a sign-stealing scheme, and Correa has been lustily booed in some cities since the scandal surfaced.
Brandon Crawford, a three-time All-Star, has been the Giants’ shortstop since 2011. Crawford, who turns 36 next month, slumped to a .231 average with nine homers and 52 RBIs last season while dealing with injuries, down from a .298 average with 24 homers and 90 RBIs in 2021.
Crawford has a $16 million salary in 2023, then can become a free agent. He has dealt with injuries in recent seasons and might consider retirement at the conclusion of his deal, so the Giants were searching for a shortstop of the future.
The Giants went 81-81 last season, a year after winning a franchise-record 107 games and the NL West.
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AP Baseball Writer Janie McCauley contributed to this report.
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BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — Two people were hurt in the crash of a small sport aircraft near an airport and Interstate 11 east of Las Vegas, authorities said Friday.
Boulder City firefighters reported that injuries were minor after the single-engine Flight Design General Aviation GmbH went down about 1:30 p.m. near a solar power array, city spokeswoman Lisa LaPlante said. Solar equipment was not damaged.
The Federal Aviation Administration said two people were on the aircraft when it crashed south of Boulder City Municipal Airport.
The FAA said the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash. | 2022-08-26T23:34:20+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Officials-2-hurt-in-small-sport-aircraft-crash-17401280.php |
SHENZHEN, China, March 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Wisson robotics, founded in 2019, launches the NimboTM pliable robotic manipulator series to the global market, based on the patented Pliabot® technology resulting from over a decade of scientific research, offering unparalleled combinations of compliance, dexterity, lightweight, and safety, providing scenario-oriented solutions to robotic services across a variety of applications. The most iconic innovations include the use of patented Pliabot® compliant muscles as motion generation units and compact high-speed pneumatic controllers, in contrast to electric motors in conventional robotic manipulators.
From the emergence of robotic manipulators in the late 20th century, the primary criteria of optimization had always leaned towards industrial manufacturing, where industrial robotic manipulators were expected to transcend human physical capabilities in terms of speed, accuracy, and payload. Moving from safety cages in factories towards people-dense natural environments of the mass population, strength and power quickly became less applicable, replaced by new core challenges such as interaction safety, environmental adaptability, and energy efficiency. The emerging Cobot (collaborative robots) technology was targeting such performance indices, but was fundamentally constrained by the same motor-joint paradigm inherited from industrial robots, resulting in even higher reliance in precision manufacturing and high-frequency advanced control algorithms, both hindering its cost-effectiveness, fail-safety, and adaptability to random changes.
Powered by Pliabot®, a fundamental actuator-level innovation
In recent years, multiple drivers have pushed the service robots industry to surpass manufacturing industrial robots in terms of annual growth, ranging from global population aging and general labor shortage, to consumer upgrading and AI-availability. This calls for new, intelligent robots to be able to work interactively in natural human-dense environments safely, efficiently, effectively, and economically. Such robots are required to have manipulators that are dexterous, flexible, adaptive to physical interactions, as well as having a high payload-to-weight ratio.
Wisson offers the patented Pliabot® technology, aiming at the above emerging needs of service robot applications, based on over a decade of scientific research. The core of the Pliabot® technology is the deployable structure pliable robotic muscles made from compliant materials, driven by pneumatics or hydraulics by the proprietary integrated motion control platform SlimDriveTM, paired with intelligent algorithmic platform SlimEngineTM. Together they form a groundbreaking paradigm of using compliant materials and fluidic drive to make safe, flexible, dexterous, lightweight, but strong and accurate robotic manipulators specifically for service robots.
Four primary advantages enabling a new horizon of service robot applications
Wisson's NimboTM pliable manipulator series, with mechanistically guaranteed fail-safety and impact safety, human-arm level payload-to-weight ratio and accuracy, pave the way to a brand new horizon of wider applications for service robots. The primary performance advantages include:
Dexterity and flexibility. The Wisson NimboTM series manipulators were developed on the proprietary Pliabot® platform technology, following a completely distinctive core structure from conventional motor-based robotic manipulators. Instead of having multiple electric motors as joints, a series (often dozens) of flexible Pliabot® muscles form a network, parallelly into joints and sequentially into a manipulator. Kinematic redundancy could easily be achieved by stacking multiple joints each containing a corresponding number of muscles, allowing the manipulator to posture infinitely in space to reach a particular target of operation. With the muscles being compliant, the pneumatic actuation medium being compressible, and the kinematics being easily redundant, the resulting NimboTM pliable manipulators could have substantial dexterity equivalent to 6-to-7-DoF or above in rigid motor-driven manipulators, as well as inherent flexibility and impact safety even with controller failure or power off.
Ultra-high payload-to-weight ratio. Payload-to-weight ratio reflects a robot's workload capacity per unit weight. Due to material-level and structure-level innovations, Wisson NimboTM series pliable manipulators could achieve over 1:1 payload-to-weight ratio, and topping at 3:1 maximum ratio at certain postures, approaching and surpassing human-arm capacities. Compared with Cobots (0.2-0.3:1 typically) and industrial manipulators (0.1:1 typically), the NimboTM pliable manipulators have substantially lower inertial but remarkably higher strength per unit weight, making them safe and energy-efficient by manifolds, ideal for mobile applications and close-proximity deployments with humans.
Interaction safety. The core to service robots is interaction. Interacting with people, environments, handling objects, performing inspections, cleaning various surfaces, service robots are destined to maneuver through complex environments handling random situations while frequently performing physical interactions. This calls for unconditional, guaranteed interaction safety under all circumstances. With the patented Pliabot® core technology, Wisson NimboTM pliable manipulators are based on flexible muscle structures paired with SlimEngineTM tri-loop advanced feedback control, ensuring timely and effective adaptation to both routine task interactions and unpredicted environmental incidences; and under the worst circumstances such as power down or mechanistic failure, the natural compliance from both the material and structure could ensure bottom-line safety to avoid damages to both the environment and the robot.
Outstanding environmental resistance. With virtually no seams and gaps typically seen in conventional motor-based rigid robots, Wisson NimboTM pliable manipulators could achieve a list of remarkable characteristics of high durability and environmental resistance: waterproof, moisture-proof, dustproof, radiation enhancement, corrosion resistance, ultra-high voltage resistance, etc. Designed to endure hash environments, NimboTM could be deployed outdoors for long-term operations. It could be particularly suitable for extreme environments such as dust, muddy, oil, electromagnetic radiation, hydraulic pressure, etc.
The NimboTM manipulator enables a series of scenario-oriented end-products
Based on market research and industrial customer analysis, Wisson has developed the NimboTM series pliable manipulators with three distinctive lines, the KN600, KN800, and KN1000, and derived several service robot end-products based on them towards a variety of application scenarios, including the Orion series flying pliable robots for low-altitude inspection and maintenance operations, the Draco series ground operation pliable robots for industrial inspection and maintenance operations, and the Centaur series dual-arm ground manipulation pliable robots for precise manipulation operations in disaster relief and other public service applications.
NimboTM pliable manipulators, small size, high strength
Wisson NimboTM series pliable manipulators were developed based on the proprietary pliable core technologies, the Pliabot® high-performance bionic muscles, the SlimDriveTM high-precision pneumatic controllers, and the SlimEngineTM flexible intelligent algorithm platform. Thanks to the fundamental breakthroughs offered by those platform technologies, the NimboTM series pliable manipulators could achieve substantial performance advantages, keeping well balances between strength and weight, compliance and precision, while having outstanding environmental resistance. The series were further optimized into three distinctive product lines, the KN600, KN800, and KN1000 manipulators, each with unique kinematic structure and configurations, aiming towards different end-product application scenarios:
KN600 Series lightweight pliable robotic manipulators: 20 pliable muscles, 7 pliable DOFs, designed for lightweight general mobile operations and humanoid service operations with omnidirectional flexible installation;
KN800 Series retractable pliable robotic manipulators: 21 pliable muscles, 3 pliable DOFs, designed for aerial and hoisting operations, with 360 degrees flexibility and up to 15kg maximum payload, with a large expansion ratio for working in tight spaces, matching with various UAV platforms, hoisting platforms, and hanging rail robot platforms;
KN1000 Series pliable-rigid hybrid robotic manipulators: 8 muscles and 3 motors, enabling 3 pliable DOFs and 3 conventional rigid DOFs, designed for flexible operations with large workspace and omni-directional installation, achieving large-range, high-precision, high-speed flexible motion. The K1000 series are suitable for various mobile or stationary platforms for inspection, operation, flexible handling and logistics applications.
Orion flying arms, a revolutionary solution to precision aerial manipulation
Current mainstream UAV applications including aerial observation, geographic terrain mapping and agricultural operations assistance, do not require frequent physical contact or interaction between the UAV and the environment, focus on observation rather than intervention. However, with the expansion of customers' operational demands from observational operations to interventional or precision manipulations, UAVs need to be equipped with robotic manipulators for dexterous operations that are lightweight, strong, dexterous, and power efficient.
The Wisson Orion series flying pliable robots are comprised of retractable pliable manipulators mounted underneath commercial drones, forming complete solutions for remote aerial operations with direct physical interactions. This series offer unique characteristics of retractability, inherent flexibility, large payload with lightweight, remarkable environmental resistance, meanwhile, it is easy to mount with the UAV with diversified interfaces, and can be equipped with vision, olfaction, audition and other sensors as needed for maintenance, object transfer, and precision manipulation applications in petrochemical plants, energy and chemical industry, disaster rescue and other commercial or public services.
Draco ground operation platform, the omnipotent inspection robot
The Wisson Draco series includes three models designed based on Wisson proprietary MP series mobile platform and Pliabot technology, each with different working range and functions. The robot series have excellent mobility and autonomous navigation covering most indoor and outdoor scenarios due to the compact design. The platform can flexibly mount a variety of payloads including PTZ camera, pliable robotic manipulators, detection sensors and other modules. It can perform low, medium, high and multi-angle three-dimensional inspections based on the inspection equipment, and can manipulate various objects such as doors, press buttons, and change positions for data reading and testing. In addition, it can be flexibly equipped with different types of manipulator modules and lifting modules according to actual scenarios and operating requirements. The maximum operating height can reach 2.5m. It is widely used in industrial inspections, fire-fighting, energy O&M and other ground operations.
About Wisson
Founded in 2019, Wisson is an innovation-driven high-tech company headquartered in Shenzhen, China, dedicated to providing interactive & operational service robotic solutions to the industry and the vast public. The Wisson team have accumulated rich technological foundations and practical know-hows from a global perspective, committed to becoming a leading figure in bringing pliable robots to commercialization.
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Video shows sea lions charging at beachgoers at La Jolla Cove in San Diego
SAN DIEGO (Gray News/TMX) - A group of sea lions charged at beachgoers who appeared to get a little too close to the wild animals over the weekend.
A video shared by Instagram user @whoisjaphet shows the sea lions rushing at the crowd on a La Jolla Cove beach.
“Please give the sea lions plenty of room,” a voice can be heard saying over a loudspeaker in the video. “They have bitten people, and they are protected animals.”
As some of the beachgoers backed away, another barking sea lion is seen charging out of the water, sending the group of people screaming.
Sea lions regularly sunbathe on the rocks in La Jolla Cove. The beach area is part of the San Diego La Jolla Underwater Park Ecological Reserve.
Signs are posted warning beachgoers to keep a safe distance away from the animals.
Copyright 2023 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. TMX contributed to this report. | 2023-07-26T20:36:31+00:00 | waff.com | https://www.waff.com/2023/07/26/video-shows-sea-lions-charging-beachgoers-la-jolla-cove-san-diego/ |
Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills head to New England looking for their first division win of the season.
Week 13 is loaded with several playoff-type matchups, starting with the Bills (8-3) visiting the Patriots (6-5) on Thursday night. Five other games on Sunday also feature winning teams playing against each other.
The Bills already lost to Miami and the New York Jets and will face all three of their division rivals over the next three weeks as the jumbled AFC East has a chance to send four teams to the playoffs.
Buffalo has won two straight on the road against the Patriots. Extending that streak won’t be easy. The Bills are dealing with illness that has forced several players to miss practice and won’t have edge rusher Von Miller because of a knee injury.
“It’s a really good football team,” Patriots coach Bill Belichick said. “They do pretty much everything well. Good on offense, good on defense, good on special teams.”
Both teams are coming off games on Thanksgiving. Buffalo earned a last-second win in Detroit while the Patriots lost a tight game in Minnesota. Mac Jones threw for 382 yards and two touchdowns in a 33-26 loss to the Vikings.
The Patriots are 4-point home underdogs, per FanDuel Sportsbook.
Pro Picks expects a close one.
BILLS, 23-20
Kansas City (minus 2 1/2) at Cincinnati
Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs (9-2) aim to avenge their loss to the Bengals (7-4) in the AFC championship game.
BEST BET: CHIEFS, 30-23
Washington (minus 1 1/2) at New York Giants
The Giants (7-4) try to snap a two-game losing streak and prevent Taylor Heinicke from buying another pair of Air Jordans.
UPSET SPECIAL: GIANTS, 20-17
Cleveland (minus 7) at Houston
Deshaun Watson’s return to the NFL should feature plenty of handoffs to Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt.
BROWNS, 26-16
Pittsburgh (minus 1 1/2) at Atlanta
Somehow the Falcons (5-7) are just a half-game behind the Buccaneers in the NFC South.
FALCONS, 20-16
Denver (plus 8 1/2) at Baltimore
Russell Wilson has been a disaster in Denver. The Ravens (7-4) can’t hold big leads.
RAVENS, 23-16
Green Bay (minus 2 1/2) at Chicago
Two losing teams with banged-up QBs takes the sizzle out of this rivalry.
PACKERS, 24-17
Jacksonville (minus 1 1/2) at Detroit
Trevor Lawrence played his best NFL game in an impressive comeback win for the Jaguars over the Ravens. The Lions are much improved since a 1-6 start.
LIONS, 23-22
New York Jets (plus 3) at Minnesota
If Mike White beats the Vikings (9-2) on the road, he should get a statue at a rest stop on the New Jersey turnpike.
VIKINGS, 26-20
Tennessee (plus 5 1/2) at Philadelphia
The Eagles (10-1) had 363 yards rushing vs. Green Bay. They need to figure out how to stop Derrick Henry.
EAGLES, 23-20
Seattle (minus 7 1/2) at Los Angeles Rams
Geno Smith has to get the Seahawks (6-5) back on track after consecutive losses. The Rams (3-8) are one of the worst defending Super Bowl champions in NFL history.
SEAHAWKS, 24-16
Miami (plus 3 1/2) at San Francisco
Tua Tagovailoa faces his toughest challenge against the 49ers defense. San Francisco may have to rely on Jimmy Garoppolo a little more because of injuries at running back.
49ERS, 23-22
Los Angeles Chargers (minus 1 1/2) at Las Vegas
Derek Carr, Josh Jacobs and Davante Adams have led the Raiders to consecutive overtime wins. The Chargers barely escaped a third straight loss when Justin Herbert connected with Gerald Everett on a 2-point conversion in Arizona.
RAIDERS, 24-23
Indianapolis (plus 10 1/2) at Dallas
Dak Prescott and the Cowboys (8-3) will be well-rested after a Thanksgiving win while the Colts are coming off a short week.
COWBOYS, 27-13
New Orleans (plus 3 1/2) at Tampa Bay
Tom Brady is struggling to overcome Todd Bowles’ conservative coaching.
BUCCANEERS, 20-17
2022 RECORD
Last Week: Straight up: 10-6. Against spread: 5-11.
Season: Straight up: 106-74. Against spread: 90-86-4.
Thursday: Straight up: 9-5. Against spread: 6-8.
Monday: Straight up: 6-7. Against spread: 5-8.
Best Bet: Straight up: 7-5. Against spread: 7-5.
Upset Special: Straight up: 4-8. Against spread: 5-6-1.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AtWork franchise owner Jerry Bland of Raleigh, North Carolina was identified by franchise research firm, Franchise Business Review, as being one of 2022's Franchisee Rock Stars.
Bland was selected from over 30,000 franchisees, representing more than 300 brands that participated in Franchise Business Review's research.
The Franchise Rock Stars were nominated by their franchise brand's leadership in one of eight categories as franchisees who set admirable examples when it comes to leadership, business acumen, financial and professional success, and contributing to their community. Categories included: Giving Back, Women, Millennials, Veterans, Family-Owned, "Freshmen", Top-Performers, and Multi-Unit Owners.
"Jerry is one of our top performing franchisees and an absolute star within our system," said Jason Leverant, President and COO of AtWork Group. "It's an honor to see him recognized in this way and we look forward to seeing him continue to be AtWork for all of his clients and employees as he grows the AtWork brand in North Carolina!"
"It is incredibly rewarding to be able to help people every day find new and better employment opportunities, and in many cases help people improve their financial situation in very big ways," said Bland. "My team's passion to serve has fueled our success and aligns with our service model of being ATWORK FOR YOU! We're proud of what our workforce and clients say about working with us, as it is humbling and drives us to be better today than we were yesterday. This nomination validates the "passion to serve" our team brings to work every day!"
To learn more about AtWork, visit AtWork.com.
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9-year-old boy seriously injured in bear attack, troopers say
PALMER, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) - Alaska State Troopers say two people were sent to the hospital earlier this week after a bear attacked them.
KTUU reports a bear attacked a man and a 9-year-old boy near Glenn Highway and Matanuska Townsite Road, about 37 miles from Anchorage, on Tuesday.
Troopers said the boy suffered serious injuries in the incident, and the man had minor injuries. Medical personnel transported both of them to an area hospital for treatment.
According to Alaska State Troopers, a witness said they saw a man carrying a child away from the road with head lacerations.
Department spokesperson Austin McDaniel said that the man and juvenile encountered a brown bear sow and her cub while they were hunting in the Palmer Hay Flats area. The man was armed. He shot and killed the bear in the attack.
Alaska Wildlife Trooper Scott Lanier said his department is continuing to investigate the situation.
Previously, residents reported several encounters with a bear that killed dozens of chickens and turkeys.
Copyright 2022 KTUU via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-09-21T21:38:40+00:00 | wsfa.com | https://www.wsfa.com/2022/09/21/9-year-old-boy-seriously-injured-bear-attack-troopers-say/ |
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Luis Severino had a good vantage point to watch Aaron Judge send a pitch 453 feet to straightaway center field in the first inning Sunday, and the Yankees starter marveled at the nearly 400-foot homer that the slugger added in the ninth.
It was the 30-foot oopsie RBI that Judge hit in between that helped get Severino off the hook for a loss.
Along with running his homer streak to three straight games, Judge drove in the tying run in the seventh on a checked swing that trundled slowly down the first-base line, helping New York rally for a 6-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals that pushed the club’s winning streak to nine games.
“What can I say?” Severino asked. “The guy’s a monster.”
Not on that groundout, though. It traveled all of 30 feet. But certainly on the two homers, which combined to travel nearly the length of three football fields. They gave Judge five in his last five games and eight on the season.
“I mean, the way he cleaned that first one out, man — it’s hard to hit one more pure,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.
Josh Donaldson drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh on a fielder’s choice. Clarke Schmidt (2-2) pitched a scoreless inning in relief to earn the win, then was optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre afterward. Aroldis Chapman left the tying run on base in the ninth to earn his sixth save on the year and 20th in a row.
“Everyone came in and contributed,” Boone said. “We didn’t break it open but everyone had a hand in there.”
The Yankees, riding the longest winning streak in the majors, improved to 16-6. It’s only the fourth time since 1959 that the 27-time World Series champions have won at least 16 of their first 22 games.
Michael Taylor homered for Kansas City, which has lost eight of its last 10.
The Royals looked as if they might avoid the sweep when Nicky Lopez, Whit Merrifield and Andrew Benintendi loaded the bases in the third inning. Severino’s wild pitch allowed Lopez to score from third, and after Salvador Perez hit into a fielder’s choice, Carlos Santana snuck a two-out double down the right-field line to give Kansas City a 3-1 lead.
The Royals added another run in the fourth thanks in part to an error on third baseman DJ LeMahieu, the Yankees’ second in as many days. Prior to that, they had gone 13 straight games without committing one.
LeMahieu, atoning for his miscue, and Isiah Kiner-Falefa each drove in a run to get the Yankees within 4-3, and Judge and Donaldson completed the comeback in the seventh, before the tack-on homer in the ninth.
“The seventh has been the inning that has been biting us pretty hard,” Royals manager Mike Matheny said.
ROSTER MOVES
Schmidt was optioned along with LF Miguel Andujar, who went 2 for 4 and scored a run for New York. “It’s a real tough pill to swallow,” Schmidt said. “It’s a tough part of the game but it’s a business also.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Yankees: OF Joey Gallo was out of the lineup after leaving Saturday night’s game with tightness in his left groin, though the injury is not considered serious. “I wanted to keep playing,” Gallo said, “but I think it’s just the smart move.”
Royals: C Cam Gallagher left the game with a strained left hamstring. … 3B Bobby Witt Jr. was removed from the starting lineup an hour before first pitch. He was hit on the wrist by a pitch Saturday night. “Yeah, he’s sore,” Matheny said.
UP NEXT
The Yankees visit Toronto for a three-game set beginning Monday night with LHP Jordan Montgomery (0-1, 2.70) starting the opener.
The Royals play a makeup game Monday in St. Louis with RHP Zack Greinke (0-1, 2.86) on the mound, then the cross-state rivals return to Kansas City for two more games beginning Tuesday night.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-05-01T23:30:06+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/sports/judge-homers-twice-yankees-beat-kc-6-4-for-9th-straight-win/ |
Leader of the organic mattress industry, Naturepedic, was recognized for its environmental and social impact.
CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Certified-organic mattress and bedding manufacturer Naturepedic has been awarded the Real Leaders®️ Eco Innovation Award distinction for its Organic, Non-Toxic Bedding for Infants and its consistent work with environmental organizations to advocate for the elimination of toxic chemicals from consumer products and the environment. The annual award celebrates companies' achievement in environmental impact.
For almost 20 years, Naturepedic has been on a mission to protect families through safer, healthier organic-based products that protect lives through safer, healthier sleep and generate a positive impact on the environment. Through advocacy about the need to eliminate toxic chemicals and materials in the environment and everyday products, Naturepedic has been a fervent proponent of initiatives to prevent the use of hazardous chemicals and implement higher industry standards.
"To be included in this group of values-aligned companies for driving environmental and social impact is a great honor that we receive with excitement," said Arin Schultz, Senior Director of Sales and Marketing for Naturepedic. Schultz added, "This recognition makes us even more determined to continue the work we have been doing since the very beginning and inspires us to relentlessly keep pursuing higher standards of sustainable practices particularly when it comes to the most vulnerable – babies and children."
As leaders of the sustainable mattress revolution, Naturepedic works hand-in-hand with various organizations, third-parties, and NGOs to garner a 360-degree understanding of the sustainability issues around the mattress industry. With a focus on cutting down on waste and energy use, meeting and exceeding the most stringent, reputable third-party certifications in the marketplace, and participating in environmental advocacy groups, the company is fully committed to eliminating toxic chemicals from sleep products and replacing them with natural and organic materials.
Naturepedic's accomplishments have kept coming. In early 2022, they joined the nonprofit Health Product Declaration® (HPD) Collaborative to empower product manufacturers and AECO (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operation) practitioners with easy access to detailed information about product materials used by the public. Also, it continued reinforcing its "ditch the chemicals" campaign during National Cancer Prevention Awareness Month to highlight businesses' direct role in influencing non-hereditary childhood cancer. Additionally, they were the first certified non-food organic product to complete the Organic Fraud Prevention Plan for the Organic Trade Association and have donated over $200,000 to approved nonprofits dedicated to environmental causes through 1% For the Planet. Most recently, Naturepedic's EOS® Classic Organic Mattress received an esteemed award for its customizable design and personalized sleep options from Good Housekeeping 2022 Bedding Awards.
All Naturepedic mattress products for babies, kids, and adults, are GOTS-certified organic and certified non-toxic by MADE SAFE. They are also certified to the GREENGUARD Gold and UL Formaldehyde-Free standards and eliminate questionable materials and chemicals found in most conventional mattresses while meeting and exceeding the highest level of certifications available in the marketplace. All Naturepedic products meet organic and non-toxic standards.
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Since 2003, Naturepedic has been on a mission to protect the lives of families through safer, healthier organic-based products that have a positive impact on the environment. A brand with purpose, transparency and ethical practices, Naturepedic is the recipient of many certifications and is highly respected by numerous health and environmental organizations (https://www.naturepedic.com/certifications) and is an EPA Green Power Partner. Since its inception, Naturepedic has been a consistent and generous advocate and supporter of NGO's and nonprofits advocating for "Right to Know" about what is in the products that people bring into their homes.
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GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Following the recent shooting in Michigan where three students died and five others in critical condition, Congressman McGovern is calling for more gun control measures but is pointing the finger at his Republican counterparts for not getting legislation passed.
“We need to take these dangerous weapons off the street. We ought to have a ban on assault weapons. We ought to pay more attention to the fact that we have more guns in this country than people,” said McGovern.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been more than 65 shootings so far this year. It comes after Congress was able to pass the Safer Communities Act in 2022, which was the first piece of gun violence prevention legislation to be signed into law in more than 30 years.
The bipartisan act expands background checks and incentivizes states to pass red flag laws. However, Congressman McGovern said more still needs to be done because of the number of tragedies we’ve see this year alone.
Gun advocacy groups like the National Rifle Association have spoken out against a ban on assault style weapons. | 2023-02-14T23:20:18+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/massachusetts/congressman-mcgovern-says-more-should-be-done-on-gun-control-in-u-s/ |
The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers. Week of 9/18/2022:
TOP 20 GLOBAL CONCERT TOURS
1. Bad Bunny; $8,633,155; $222.01.
2. The Rolling Stones; $8,555,796; $166.07.
3. Red Hot Chili Peppers; $6,096,472; $115.90.
4. Coldplay; $6,087,322; $92.85.
5. Elton John; $5,572,047; $159.11.
6. Lady Gaga; $5,420,743; $123.91.
7. Ed Sheeran; $5,161,126; $82.34.
8. Def Leppard / Mötley Crüe; $5,044,080; $132.65.
9. Guns N’ Roses; $4,124,073; $90.74.
10. Kenny Chesney; $3,228,275; $102.87.
11. Iron Maiden; $2,510,239; $73.54.
12. Harry Styles; $2,502,691; $95.10.
13. Dead & Company; $2,362,096; $115.38.
14. Ultimo; $2,165,156; $55.20.
15. Daddy Yankee; $1,803,195; $162.95.
16. Morgan Wallen; $1,796,391; $101.41.
17. Kendrick Lamar; $1,737,376; $140.75.
18. Roger Waters; $1,498,870; $120.37.
19. Chris Stapleton; $1,262,266; $86.00.
20. Imagine Dragons; $1,198,106; $56.53.
For free upcoming tour information, go to www.pollstar.com
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‘The Simpsons’ showrunner teases Season 34 will reveal how sitcom can seemingly ‘predict the future’
"The Simpsons" showrunner Matt Selman teased how the animated family sitcom can seemingly "predict the future" in their episodes and anticipates revealing all in Season 34.
"It’s a conceptual episode with lots of crazy stuff in it, but it does an explanation of how ‘The Simpsons’ can predict the future," Selman told Deadline in an interview.
The hit series has been running for 33 seasons and has predicted major events in the past such as Donald Trump running for president, the coronavirus pandemic, Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl Halftime show and more.
Since "The Simpsons" has aired for more than three decades on FOX, Selman — who is also a writer and executive producer on the sitcom — said pushing out fresh content for the series is the "greatest creative challenge" for the writing team.
'THE SIMPSONS' RENEWED FOR TWO MORE SEASONS TAKING THE COMEDY THROUGH 2023
"The Simpsons" showrunner Matt Selman teased how the animated family sitcom can seemingly "predict the future" in their episodes, and he anticipates revealing all in Season 34. (FOX)
The show’s accolades boast 98 Emmy nominations in its lifetime, with 35 wins — including being nominated this year for outstanding animated program. "The Simpsons" have created more than 700 episodes.
"I’m excited about Season 34. It’s probably the best 34th season of any show you’ve ever seen," Selman joked.
FILE - Matt Selman speaks onstage at "The Simpsons" panel during 2022 Comic-Con International: San Diego at San Diego Convention Center on July 23, 2022, in San Diego, Calif. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
He continued to say that "The Simpsons" will air two Halloween episodes this year — two "Treehouse of Horror" episodes — and the other includes three scary stories.
"We have an anime parody of ‘Death Note,’ which I’m so excited about. The full-length episode is a parody of Stephen King’s book ‘It’ with, get ready for it, Krusty as Pennywise," he remarked.
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Selman added that this season will feature several celebrity guests, such as Marvel’s "Shang-Chi" star Simu Liu and comedy legend Melissa McCarthy.
"I’m very excited about Season 34. You can’t just rest on your laurels. You have to be pushing yourself and challenging yourself, and making sure every episode is distinct and emotional and visual and compelling and scary and cinematic," Selman concluded.
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Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes
NEW YORK - Across the country, there’s a silent frustration brewing about an age-old practice that many say is getting out of hand: tipping.
Some fed-up consumers are posting rants on social media complaining about tip requests at drive-thrus, while others say they’re tired of being asked to leave a gratuity for a muffin or a simple cup of coffee at their neighborhood bakery. What’s next, they wonder -- are we going to be tipping our doctors and dentists, too?
As more businesses adopt digital payment methods, customers are automatically being prompted to leave a gratuity — many times as high as 30% — at places they normally wouldn't. And some say it has become more frustrating as the price of items has skyrocketed due to inflation, which eased to 6.5% in December but still remains painfully high.
"Suddenly, these screens are at every establishment we encounter. They're popping up online as well for online orders. And I fear that there is no end," said etiquette expert Thomas Farley, who considers the whole thing somewhat of "an invasion."
Unlike tip jars that shoppers can easily ignore if they don’t have spare change, experts say the digital requests can produce social pressure and are more difficult to bypass. And your generosity, or lack thereof, can be laid bare for anyone close enough to glance at the screen — including the workers themselves.
Dylan Schenker is one of them. The 38-year-old earns about $400 a month in tips, which provides a helpful supplement to his $15 hourly wage as a barista at Philadelphia café located inside a restaurant. Most of those tips come from consumers who order coffee drinks or interact with the café for other things, such as carryout orders. The gratuity helps cover his monthly rent and eases some of his burdens while he attends graduate school and juggles his job.
Schenker says it's hard to sympathize with consumers who are able to afford pricey coffee drinks but complain about tipping. And he often feels demoralized when people don’t leave behind anything extra — especially if they’re regulars.
"Tipping is about making sure the people who are performing that service for you are getting paid what they’re owed," said Schenker, who’s been working in the service industry for roughly 18 years.
Traditionally, consumers have taken pride in being good tippers at places like restaurants, which typically pay their workers lower than the minimum wage in expectation they’ll make up the difference in tips. But academics who study the topic say many consumers are now feeling irritated by automatic tip requests at coffee shops and other counter service eateries where tipping has not typically been expected, workers make at least the minimum wage and service is usually limited.
"People do not like unsolicited advice," said Ismail Karabas, a marketing professor at Murray State University who studies tipping. "They don’t like to be asked for things, especially at the wrong time."
Some of the requests can also come from odd places. Clarissa Moore, a 35-year-old who works as a supervisor at a utility company in Pennsylvania, said even her mortgage company has been asking for tips lately. Typically, she’s happy to leave a gratuity at restaurants, and sometimes at coffee shops and other fast-food places when the service is good. But, Moore said she believes consumers shouldn’t be asked to tip nearly everywhere they go — and it shouldn’t be something that’s expected of them.
"It makes you feel bad. You feel like you have to do it because they’re asking you to do it," she said. "But then you have to think about the position that puts people in. They’re paying for something that they really don’t want to pay for, or they’re tipping when they really don’t want to tip — or can’t afford to tip — because they don’t want to feel bad."
In the book "Emily Post’s Etiquette," authors Lizzie Post and Daniel Post Senning advise consumers to tip on ride-shares, like Uber and Lyft, as well as food and beverages, including alcohol. But they also write that it’s up to each person to choose how much to tip at a café or a take-out food service, and that consumers shouldn’t feel embarrassed about choosing the lowest suggested tip amount, and don't have to explain themselves if they don’t tip.
Digital payment methods have been around for a number of years, though experts say the pandemic has accelerated the trend towards more tipping. Michael Lynn, a consumer behavior professor at Cornell University, said consumers were more generous with tips during the early days of the pandemic in an effort to show support for restaurants and other businesses that were hard hit by COVID-19. Many people genuinely wanted to help out and felt sympathetic to workers who held jobs that put them more at risk of catching the virus, Lynn said.
Tips at full-service restaurants grew by 25.3% in the third quarter of 2022, while gratuities at quick or counter service restaurants went up 16.7% compared to the same time in 2021, according to Square, one of the biggest companies operating digital payment methods. Data provided by the company shows continuous growth for the same period since 2019.
As tip requests have become more common, some businesses are advertising it in their job postings to lure in more workers even though the extra money isn’t always guaranteed.
In December, Starbucks rolled out a new tipping option on credit and debit card transactions at its stores, something a group organizing the company's hourly workers had called for. Since then, a Starbucks spokesperson said nearly half of credit and debit card transactions have included a gratuity, which - along with tips received through cash and the Starbucks app - are distributed based on the number of hours a barista worked on the days the tips were received.
Karabas, the Murray State professor, says some customers, like those who’ve worked in the service industry in the past, want to tip workers at quick service businesses and wouldn’t be irritated by the automatic requests. But for others, research shows they might be less likely to come back to a particular business if they are feeling irritated by the requests, he said.
The final tab might also impact how customers react. Karabas said in the research he did with other academics, they manipulated the payment amounts and found that when the check was high, consumers no longer felt as irritated by the tip requests. That suggests the best time for a coffee shop to ask for that 20% tip, for example, might be on four or five orders of coffee, not a small cup that costs $4.
Some consumers might continue to shrug off the tip requests regardless of the amount.
"If you work for a company, it's that company's job to pay you for doing work for them," said Mike Janavey, a footwear and clothing designer who lives in New York City. "They're not supposed to be juicing consumers that are already spending money there to pay their employees."
Schenker, the Philadelphia barista, agrees — to a certain extent.
"The onus should absolutely be on the owners, but that doesn’t change overnight," he said. "And this is the best thing we have right now." | 2023-01-23T19:13:14+00:00 | fox29.com | https://www.fox29.com/news/is-tipping-getting-out-of-control-many-consumers-say-yes |
‘We the People’ is the White House’s theme for the holidays
WASHINGTON (AP) — Drawing decorating inspiration from America’s founding documents, Jill Biden chose a “We the People” theme to deck the White House halls and to remind Americans of what unites them throughout the year, especially during the holidays.
Journalists were given a sneak peek early Monday before the first lady was to unveil the transformational work of a small army of volunteer decorators during an event later in the day.
As part of Joining Forces, her White House initiative to support military families, Biden will be joined by National Guard leaders from across the country, as well as National Guard families. Her late son, Beau Biden, was a major in the Delaware Army National Guard.
“The soul of our nation is, and always has been, ‘We the People,’” she says in prepared remarks released by the White House. “And that is what inspired this year’s White House holiday decoration.”
The decorations include more than 83,000 twinkling lights on trees, garlands, wreaths and other displays, 77 Christmas trees and 25 wreaths on the exterior of the executive mansion.
A copy of the Declaration of Independence is on display in the library, while the always-show-stopping gingerbread White House includes a sugar cookie replica of Philadelphia’s Independence Hall, where the Constitution and Declaration of Independence were signed. The Constitution opens with the phrase, “We the People.”
“The values that unite us can be found all around you, a belief in possibility, optimism and unity,” Biden says in her prepared remarks. “Room by room, we represent what brings us together during the holidays and throughout the year.”
A new addition this year is a menorah, used in Jewish worship, that was built by White House carpenters from wood that was removed during a Truman-era renovation. The menorah is located on the State Floor.
Some 50,000 visitors are expected to pass through the White House during the holidays, including tourists and guests invited to various receptions. Among them will be French President Emmanuel Macron, who is scheduled to meet with President Joe Biden on Thursday and be honored that evening at a White House state dinner, the first of the Biden administration.
More than 150 volunteers began decorating the interior and the exterior of the White House last week and continued through the Thanksgiving holiday. Planning began in the spring.
Illustrations of the family pets — dog Commander and cat Willow — can be found in the Vermeil Room, where the décor represents different ways of showing kindness and gratitude.
Groupings of snowy trees fill corners of the East Room, which reflects nature and recreation. Four well-known national parks are depicted on the fireplace mantels: Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Great Smoky Mountains and Shenandoah.
In the Blue Room, the official White House Christmas tree — an 18 1/2-foot (5.6-meter) Concolor fir from Auburn, Pennsylvania — is decorated to represent unity and hope with handmade renderings of the official birds from all 57 territories, states and the District of Columbia.
The State Dining Room is dedicated to the next generation — children — and trees there are decorated with ornaments that are self-portraits of the students of the 2021 Teachers of the Year, “ensuring that children see themselves” in the décor, the White House said.
Hanging from the fireplace in the State Dining Room are the Biden family Christmas stockings.
The gingerbread White House was made using 20 sheets of sugar cookie dough, 30 sheets of gingerbread dough, 100 pounds (45 kilograms) of pastillage, 30 pounds (14 kilograms) of chocolate and 40 pounds (18 kilograms) of royal icing.
“We the People” are celebrated in the Grand Foyer and Cross Hall on the State Floor, where metal ribbons also are inscribed with the names of all the states, territories and the District of Columbia.
“Mirrored ornaments and reflective surfaces ensure that visitors can see themselves in the décor, noting that the strength of our country — the Soul of our Nation — comes from ‘We the People,’” the White House said.
The White House noted that the holiday guide book visitors will receive was designed this year by Las Vegas-based Daria Peoples, who is Black. Peoples is a former elementary school teacher who has written and illustrated a series of picture books to support children of color, including those who have experienced race-based trauma.
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GUATEMALA CITY — Migrant transit centers fiananced by the United States will be set up in Guatemala to receive applications from Central American citizens seeking to apply for work visas, family reunifications or refugee status, an official said Friday.
The centers are part of a larger migratory strategy aimed at reducing the heavy flow of migrants from Latin American and the Caribbean to the United States.
Applicants with scheduled appointments will be received at offices to be opened in eight places across Guatemala, the official said, who agreed to discuss the plan only if not quoted by name.
The centers will be directed by United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration during a six-month trial period, the official added.
The plan was revealed after a phone conversation between U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei in which they agreed to work together to expand legal pathways for migration. The Biden administration hopes the centers will lead to safer migration.
This comes after the U.S. ended Title 42, an immigration restriction implemented during the pandemic that immediately expelled migrants arriving at the U.S. borders. The U.S. has also maintained Title 8, which toughens sanctions for those who attempt to cross the border without permission.
The Associated Press requested an interview with Guatemalan Foreign Minister Mario Búcaro to discuss the issue. The Foreign Ministry said he would not meet with journalists until Monday. | 2023-06-10T03:58:04+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/09/guatemala-united-states-migrants/6d98f222-0739-11ee-b74a-5bdd335d4fa2_story.html |
WFO SACRAMENTO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, December 10, 2022
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...FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Urban and small stream flooding caused by excessive
rainfall continues.
* WHERE...Portions of central and northern California, including the
following counties, in central California, Placer. In northern
California, Colusa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Sutter, Yolo
and Yuba.
* WHEN...Until 115 PM PST.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams is making a bold fashion statement at this year's Met Gala.
The 61-year-old mayor arrived on the red carpet, alongside his girlfriend, Tracey Collins, at this year's fashion soiree held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art wearing a long black tuxedo coat that read "End Gun Violence."
"Bringing a little swagger back to the #MetGala," Adams tweeted.
Bringing a little swagger back to the #MetGala!
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) May 3, 2022
Honored to be here. pic.twitter.com/PuyOfy6FmQ
The tuxedo jacket featured iconic features of New York, such as the Brooklyn Bridge. The jacket also displays a large handgun with a red slash through it.
Adams' Met Gala look was designed by Brooklyn-based artist Laolu Senbanjo, according to Bloomberg.
"The goal is to end gun violence and save our children," Adams told Bloomberg.
Adams' tuxedo jacket drew mixed responses online, with the majority criticizing his outfit choice.
Oh thank goodness NYC is safe now pic.twitter.com/oa7Em5H0FI
— Wu-Tang Is For The Children (@WUTangKids) May 2, 2022
When Eric Adams says ending gun violence what he means is reestablishing the same violent police unit that was disbanded for racially profiling and brutalizing people, and passionately defending one of his officers shooting an 18 year old in the head for running a red light pic.twitter.com/wuWVlm00TI
— Olayemi Olurin (@msolurin) May 2, 2022
According to statistics released by the NYPD, the city saw a 16.2% increase in shootings. In March 2022, the city reported 115 shootings in comparison to the 99 shootings reported in March 2021.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-05-03T02:35:31+00:00 | iowapublicradio.org | https://www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-npr/news-from-npr/2022-05-02/nyc-mayors-end-gun-violence-met-gala-jacket-sparks-criticism-online |
LAKE FOREST, Calif., Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BIOLASE, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOL), the global leader in dental lasers, today announced that it has engaged Providence Film Group, a Valiant Eagle, Inc. (OTC: PSRU) subsidiary to produce a docuseries titled, "Talk Dental to Me."
In this groundbreaking deal, Providence Film Group will produce a first-of-its-kind, branded docuseries. Unscripted television veteran Debbie Levin is set to direct, with Xavier Mitchell to executive produce.
The docuseries will explore the painful, albeit hysterical, history of dentistry as well as the evolution and revolution of modern dental technologies, including lasers.
From tooth worms and seashell implants to barbers performing tooth extractions, we have come a long way from the barbaric procedures and agonizing pain once commonly associated with visits to the dentist. However, even with years of advancements, the one element that has not changed is the fear many of us still feel when we hear the words, "Open wider please!"
There are revolutionary changes taking place in dentistry, and BIOLASE has led the way by developing innovative technology to provide clinically superior, patient-friendly results compared to those achieved with traditional instruments.
"I consider BIOLASE to be the Tesla of the dental industry," said Xavier Mitchell, Executive Producer. "Its technology is second to none and will revolutionize the industry."
Waterlase dental lasers are a worldwide phenomenon. The benefits of Waterlase lasers include, less pain, less bleeding and swelling, as well as anxiety reduction, shorter procedures, and little to no anesthesia required. The dental lasers also reduce the need for traditional tools like injections, drills, and scalpels.
"We're excited to partner with Providence Film Group and Valiant Eagle to help raise awareness of laser dentistry among the general population," said John Beaver, President and CEO of BIOLASE. "We believe our technology is superior to any current methodologies in the industry. As we continue to rapidly gain market share, we look forward to ushering in a new era of dental innovations where laser dentistry becomes the new standard of care."
BIOLASE is a medical device company that develops, manufactures, markets, and sells laser systems in dentistry and medicine. BIOLASE's products advance the practice of dentistry and medicine for patients and healthcare professionals. BIOLASE's proprietary laser products incorporate approximately 302 patented and 31 patent-pending technologies designed to provide biologically and clinically superior performance with less pain and faster recovery times. BIOLASE's innovative products provide cutting-edge technology at competitive prices to deliver superior results for dentists and patients. BIOLASE's principal products are dental laser systems that perform a broad range of dental procedures, including cosmetic and complex surgical applications. From 1998 through December 31, 2021, BIOLASE has sold over 43,300 laser systems in over 80 countries around the world. Laser products under development address BIOLASE's core dental market and other adjacent medical and consumer applications.
For updates and information on Waterlase iPlus®, Waterlase Express™, and laser dentistry, find BIOLASE online at www.biolase.com, Facebook at www.facebook.com/biolase, Twitter at www.twitter.com/biolaseinc, Instagram at www.instagram.com/waterlase_laserdentistry, and LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/biolase.
BIOLASE®, Waterlase® and Waterlase iPlus® are registered trademarks of BIOLASE, Inc.
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Two orthopedic surgeons, a medical officer staffer and a patient visitor were killed Wednesday on the campus of Saint Francis Health System in Tulsa.
The shooter was armed with a rifle and handgun and has been confirmed among the dead. His wound was self-inflicted, police said.
The victims were identified by Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin as Dr. Preston Phillips, Dr. Stephanie Husen, Amanda Glenn and William Love.
A total of 68 parcels will be up for grabs across 11 counties: Tulsa, Creek, Rogers, Craig, Oklahoma, Wagoner, Murray, Canadian, McClain, Grady and Lincoln.
The Saint Francis Health System family is mourning after a disgruntled patient took the life of the surgeon he blamed for his back pain.
The jury also has reached a verdict regarding a $100 million counterclaim Heard filed against Depp.
Friends and relatives say the Sand Springs woman who was killed in Tulsa's mass shooting always put others first.
Union coach Kirk Fridrich confirmed for the Tulsa World that Shaker Reisig and his family have moved into the Union district.
Authorities said a suspect, Skylar Dewayne Buckner, turned himself in Sunday afternoon in connection with the shooting.
Four decades after he was acquitted, the latest DNA testing in the case, although officially inconclusive, strongly suggests Gene Leroy Hart's involvement, officials say, while eliminating several other potential suspects. | 2022-06-04T05:39:56+00:00 | tulsaworld.com | https://tulsaworld.com/4-bedroom-home-in-bixby---900-000/article_9065e2c4-a826-5099-92f5-892a2ba54626.html |
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — All-Star Shane McClanahan stopped a two-start losing streak, working six solid innings as the Tampa Bay Rays moved back in front of the Baltimore Orioles in the AL wild-card race with an 8-2 victory on Saturday.
The benches and bullpens briefly emptied after Rays reliever Pete Fairbanks struck out Robinson Chirinos to end the eighth. Fairbanks was unhappy earlier in the at-bat when Chirinos was granted a late timeout, and he said something to the Orioles catcher when leaving the mound. Chirinos spun around and headed toward the pitcher.
“There was a late time call, I took offense,” Fairbanks said. “Apparently I misunderstood who had called time, where it came from ... apparently it was the umpire, not Chirinos. Guys know I can be a little fiery, so I think that might of caused some things today.”
“He said somethings to me. I said some things to him,” Fairbanks added. “I thought it was a fairly normal exchange of talking. I didn't think that they were going to empty that fast. I did not think that what was said back and forth between us warranted everybody sprinting out there, but I'm not the one who took offense in the dugout.”
Chirinos said the timeout call was not his fault because it was granted.
“I guess he thought it was my fault,” Chirinos said. “And then we lost that game, so doesn't matter. I don't care about that guy.”
Baltimore’s Ryan Mountcastle was hit by a pitch from former Oriole Jimmy Yacabonis with two outs in the ninth. It appeared to be unintentional and tempers remained calm.
Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said Mountcastle, who had his left hand wrapped postgame, was OK “as of right now.”
“Hopefully everything is going to be OK,” Hyde said.
McClanahan (11-5) gave up two runs, seven hits and three walks, and had five strikeouts to help the Rays improve to 8-12 since the All-Star break.
“I didn't have my best stuff again tonight but those guys picked me up,” McClanahan said.
Jose Siri had three hits and scored three runs, including on Taylor Walls’ two-run homer in the eighth.
Baltimore starter DL Hall (0-1) allowed five runs, five hits and three walks along with six strikeouts over 3 2/3 innings in his major league debut.
Hall was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk after the game so he could work on becoming a reliever to help the Orioles down the stretch.
The Orioles lost for the third time in 11 games, falling one-half game behind Tampa Bay after Friday's win put them ahead of the Rays in the AL East and wild-card standings. The three-game series concludes Sunday.
Orioles shortstop Jorge Mateo, coming off a 5-for-5 performance Friday night, singled in his first at-bat and finished 1 for 3 with a walk.
Hall walked his first batter, Yu Chang, on four pitches in the first.
Chang scored on Isaac Paredes’ grounder to make it 1-0. Paredes remained at the plate after it appeared the ball deflected off his leg, but the ball was not called foul. Orioles third baseman Ramón Urías fielded the ball and momentarily held onto it before throwing to first.
Hall struck out the side in the second
“I think it was just a little quick for him, but I thought he showed flashes of what he’s going to be in that second inning where he had electric stuff,” Hyde said.
In the third, Randy Arozarena had an RBI double, Paredes hit a run-scoring double and Francisco Mejia drove in a run with a single — all with two outs.
Arozarena has 35 RBIs in 36 games against Baltimore.
Tampa Bay went ahead 5-2 in the fourth when Siri singled, stole second and third, and crossed the plate on Chang’s sacrifice fly.
Chang knocked in Siri to make it 6-2 with a two-out single in the sixth.
Baltimore took a 2-1 lead in the second on RBI singles by Rougned Odor and Chirinos. Mountcastle lined out to short with the bases loaded and two outs.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Rays: SS Wander Franco (right hamate surgery) and OFs Harold Ramierz (broken right thumb) and Manuel Margot (right patellar tendon strain) are all expected back this month.
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Orioles RHP Jordan Lyles (9-8, 4.35 ERA) and Tampa Bay RHP Drew Rasmussen (6-4, 2.96) are Sunday’s starters.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-08-14T01:26:33+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/McClanahan-stops-2-start-skid-Rays-beat-Orioles-17371994.php |
MAYOR WILL HOLD PRESS AVAILABILITY WITH THE MEDIA
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHO:
- San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria
- Kevin Blackburn, Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
- Martha Mosier, Berkshire Hathaway
- Eric Johnson, CALHFA
- Darren Huston, NAREB
- Other experts
WHAT: In his speech, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria will discuss his Housing Action Package aimed at expanding the supply of housing in the city. He will also laud the San Diego Housing Commission's first-time homebuyer and closing cost forgivable loan programs. Mayor Gloria will hold a press availability with the media. At the event, potential homeowners will learn more about the homebuying process and assistance programs for first-time homebuyers. A California Housing Finance Agency official will discuss the state's down payment assistance program. HUD officials will discuss federal programs available. The event is coordinated by Berkshire Hathaway, the Impact Council and NAREB San Diego. The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco and Berkshire Hathaway are prime sponsors. There will also be a panel discussion with representatives from Bank of America, CiB Bank, Union Bank and US Bank. Representatives of the San Diego Housing Commission will speak.
WHEN: Saturday, October 15, 2022
9:00am to 12:30pm
WHERE: Balboa Park Club Ballroom
2150 Pan American Road West
San Diego, CA 92101
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/bhhscalfthb
MEDIA CONTACT: KEVIN BLACKBURN @ 510-377-8999
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NEW YORK, June 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces it has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of GDS Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: GDS) between April 12, 2021 and April 3, 2023, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"). A class action has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than August 21, 2023 in the securities class action commenced by the Firm.
SO WHAT: If you purchased GDS securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the GDS class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=17143 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than August 21, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
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DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose, among other things, that: (1) Defendant Huang had engaged in undisclosed pre-paid forward sale contract transactions as early as May 2020; (2) this presented a risk of Defendant Huang's ownership going below 5% of the Company's outstanding shares; (3) if Huang's ownership dipped below 5%, it would result in a change of control of the Company which, as the Company admitted, could result in disastrous consequences; and (4); as a result, Defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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ASTANA – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev easily won a new seven-year term in a snap election in which the second biggest choice by voters was to reject all six candidates, the country's central elections commission said Monday.
Tokayev received more than 81% of the votes in Sunday's election, according to elections commission chairman Nurlan Abdirov. Five candidates were on the ballot against Tokayev. Nearly 6% of voters chose the “against all” option.
With a short campaign period that began in late October, candidates had little opportunity to mount significant challenges.
Tokayev has taken steps to keep Kazakhstan’s distance from longtime ally and dominant regional power Russia.
He pointedly said the country did not recognize the Ukrainian regions that Russia declared to be sovereign states at the outset of the conflict that began in February. Kazakhstan has also taken in hundreds of thousands of Russians who fled after President Vladimir Putin issued a conscription order in September.
When Tokayev became president in 2019 following the resignation of Nursultan Nazarbayev, he was widely expected to continue the authoritarian course of the man who had led the resource-rich country since it gained independence from the Soviet Union. Nazarbayev remained highly influential as head of the national security council, and the capital was renamed Nur-Sultan in his honor.
Then a wave of violence arose in January, when provincial protests initially sparked by a fuel price hike engulfed other cities, notably the commercial capital, Almaty, and became overtly political as demonstrators shouted “Old man out!” in reference to Nazarbayev. More than 220 people, mostly protesters, died as police harshly put down the unrest.
Amid the violence, Tokayev removed Nazarbayev from his security council post. He restored the capital’s previous name of Astana, and the Parliament of Kazakhstan repealed a law granting Nazarbayev and his family immunity from prosecution.
One of Nazarbayev’s nephews, Kairat Satybaldy, in September was sentenced to six years in prison for embezzlement. Nazarbayev, after casting his vote on Sunday, said “It has to be thought that the decision of the court was just.”
Tokayev later pushed through reforms that included strengthening the parliament, reducing presidential powers and limiting the presidency to a single seven-year term. | 2022-11-21T10:43:38+00:00 | wsls.com | https://www.wsls.com/news/world/2022/11/21/kazakh-president-wins-new-term-against-weak-opposition/ |
Founders, investors invited to Tennessee's premier entrepreneurial festival
NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This year's 3686 will feature some of the country's leading innovative and entrepreneurial voices and a partnership with Startup Showdown, Launch Tennessee announced Monday.
The Nashville-based nonprofit — which works to make Tennessee the most startup-friendly state in the nation — will host the festival from Sept. 27-29 at Marathon Music Works.
Thanks to a new partnership with venture capital firm Panoramic Ventures, the festival will feature Tennessee's first Startup Showdown, a pitch competition investing $120,000 into the winning startup.
This year's 3686 will also include an expanded 1-on-1 matchmaking event that pairs entrepreneurs with investors and corporations. This unique aspect is back by popular demand, after the last in-person session resulted in 400+ meetings.
The two-day festival will also feature top investors and entrepreneur fireside chats, panel discussions, networking opportunities and live music entertainment, and leading brands Amazon and The Roster Agency have signed on as sponsors.
Featured speakers scheduled for the festival, which is in its ninth year, include Blavity Inc. CEO Morgan DeBaun and Jules Martin, Partner at Mindset Ventures.
Featured speakers will include:
- Eric Bahn, Co-Founder and General Partner, Hustle Fund
- Olivia Capra, Principal, Frist Cressey Ventures
- Morgan DeBaun, Founder & CEO of Blavity Inc.
- Cam Doody, Co-Founder and General Partner at Brickyard
- Tara Fung, Co-Founder & CEO, Co:Create
- Samara Mejia Hernandez, Founding Partner, Chingona Ventures
- Marlon Nichols, Co-Founder, Managing General Partner, MaC Venture Capital
- Stuart McWhorter, Commissioner of Economic & Community Development, State of Tennessee
- Jules Miller, Partner, Mindset Ventures & Founder, VC3 DAO
- Maria Salamanca, Partner, Unshackled Ventures
"3686 brings together a special group of people. Our speakers and attendees represent some of the best entrepreneurs, investors, and executives not just in Tennessee but from across the U.S.," said LaunchTN CEO Lindsey Cox. "It's a unique opportunity to build relationships while having a blast in Nashville."
The festival, named after the geographic coordinates of Nashville, started in 2013 and has welcomed attendees from across the country. It has grown to attract national speakers, investors and entrepreneurs.
For more information and to attend 3686, visit attend3686.com to purchase tickets.
About Launch Tennessee
Launch Tennessee (LaunchTN) is a public-private partnership with a vision to make Tennessee the most startup-friendly state in the nation. Through our network of Entrepreneur Centers and partner organizations across the state, Launch Tennessee fosters collaboration among entrepreneurs, the private sector, capital sources, institutions and government to offer entrepreneurs what they need to scale their businesses.
About 3686
3686 is the Southeast's premier gathering of founders, investors and ecosystem builders. Named for the geographic coordinates of Nashville, the event hosted by LaunchTN is filled with opportunities for entrepreneurs and startups to connect with their next collaborators, catch live shows in Music City, and engage in meaningful speaker content. LaunchTN hosts 3686 to serve as a meeting ground for best-in-class entrepreneurs, innovators and investors from Tennessee and across the country to support business development and growth.
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SOURCE Launch Tennessee | 2022-07-18T22:13:55+00:00 | wlox.com | https://www.wlox.com/prnewswire/2022/07/18/launch-tennessee-announces-speakers-pitch-competition-3686/ |
PHOENIX – Karrin Taylor Robson, a wealthy Republican businessperson who was seen as the likeliest establishment candidate for a crucial Arizona Senate contest, said Thursday that she won't run for the seat now held by independent Kyrsten Sinema.
Robson ran for governor last year but lost the GOP primary to Kari Lake, a Donald Trump ally and darling of his Make America Great Again movement. Lake went on to lose the general election to Democrat Katie Hobbs and said this week she is considering a run for Senate.
The Arizona Senate race is a pickup opportunity for the GOP, but many traditional Republicans worry Lake, who would be the clear front-runner in a GOP primary, can't win a general election.
Sinema left the Democratic Party last year. She is raising money for a potential campaign but has not said whether she will seek a second term, a decision that could set up a complicated three-way contest. U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego is the only major Democratic candidate in the race so far.
Robson said she may run for office in the future but “now is not the time.” She said she’ll instead work to “identify and elect strong conservatives,” focusing in particular on the state Legislature where Republicans hold a narrow majority.
“Arizona voters will help determine control of the U.S. Senate in 2024, and it has been humbling to hear from Arizonans around this state who have urged me to enter this race,” Robson said in a statement announcing her decision.
Robson, a lawyer for housing developers, spent millions from her family's vast fortune on her unsuccessful campaign for governor last year. She racked up endorsements from prominent establishment Republicans including then-Gov. Doug Ducey and former Vice President Mike Pence. | 2023-05-25T19:20:11+00:00 | ksat.com | https://www.ksat.com/news/politics/2023/05/25/republican-karrin-taylor-robson-says-she-wont-run-for-sinemas-senate-seat-in-arizona/ |
In California, lawyers accused staff at the Los Angeles County jail of chaining mentally ill detainees to chairs for days at a time. In West Virginia, people held in the Southern Regional Jail sued the state, saying they found urine and semen in their food. In Missouri, detainees in the St. Louis jail staged multiple uprisings last year, while in Texas, a guard at Houston’s overcrowded Harris County Jail said she and her coworkers had started carrying knives to work for fear that they wouldn’t have backup if violence broke out.
And while the infamous Rikers Island jail complex in New York City has been the focus of media coverage for its surging number of deaths, rural and urban lockups from Tennessee to Washington to Georgia are not faring much better.
In other words, America’s jails are a mess.
“It’s hard to believe, but it seems jails are even more wretched than usual these last few months,” said David Fathi, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Prison Project. “Having worked in this field for 30 years, I don’t remember any other time when there seem to be so many large jails in a state of complete meltdown.”
Several lockups denied claims about deteriorating conditions or did not respond to requests for comment. A few, including Rikers, acknowledged problems such as infrastructure issues, detainee deaths and high staff attrition.
“We are working hard to stem the rippling effect of years of mismanagement and neglect within our city’s jails,” a spokesperson for the New York City Department of Correction, which runs Rikers, said in a statement. “Turning our jails around requires a collaborative effort, transparency and time.”
Unlike prisons, most jails are funded and managed locally, so the problems they face can vary widely from one county to the next. While there’s crumbling infrastructure in Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail, there’s been murky brown drinking water in Seattle’s King County Jail and overcrowding in Houston because of a backlog in the court system.
But more than a dozen employees, detainees and experts who spoke with The Marshall Project and The Associated Press highlighted two problems they’ve seen at jails across the country: too many people incarcerated, and not enough guards.
“Our jail facilities are at capacity,” said David Cuevas, president of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies’ union. “It is truly not safe.”
The twin issues of overcrowding and understaffing have plagued jails across the country for years, and even before the pandemic many facilities were in disarray. Yet in the months after COVID-19 hit, the number of people in local lockups plummeted. People stayed home and committed fewer crimes. Police did not make as many arrests. Courts reduced bail. And jails let more people go home early. Nationally, the number of people in jail decreased by about 25% by the summer of 2020, according to data compiled by the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics.
But as concern about the virus faded, so did many of the measures designed to combat it — and soon jail populations began to rise. By the summer of 2022, many lockups held more people than they had in years, or became so overcrowded that detainees were forced to sleep on floors, in underground tunnels or in common areas without toilets.
“Everyone is on edge because it is crowded,” one man detained in Los Angeles wrote in a sworn declaration filed as part of a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union. “The place smells of urine and excrement because some toilets don’t work, and people who are chained to chairs sometimes pee on the floor because the deputies won’t unchain them.”
Celia Banos, whose son was one of the people chained to a bench for several days, told The Marshall Project that she was shocked to learn how little the jail had done to take care of him.
“His condition has deteriorated in there,” Banos said. Though her son — who has schizophrenia — has been incarcerated before, she said this time the jail seemed to be getting worse.
Some jails found that they still needed to use isolated cells to quarantine potentially sick prisoners. A jail official in Houston said that meant cells that once held two or three people might only be able to hold one, and detainees with a record of violence couldn’t be separated from the general population as easily.
But even as the number of detainees increased, the number of guards did not. Just like state prisons, many local lockupssaw a rise in officer vacancies — sometimes even at facilities that appeared fully staffed on paper. The City, a nonprofit news outlet in New York, reported last year that more than 1,000 Rikers Island guards were calling out sick every day due to a frequently abused policy allowing unlimited sick leave.
“The things that led to the Great Resignation were happening in jails, too: It was a depressing time, and lots of people were getting sick,” Vincent Schiraldi, a former New York City jail commissioner, said in an interview.
The guards’ union has disputed that members overuse sick leave, saying they are legitimately absent, often due to on-the-job injuries and exhaustion. In October, the jail said it still had as many as 800 employees out at a time.
With fewer officers, those who remain are often forced to work longer hours, including double, triple and even quadruple shifts. Guards in Cleveland said they didn’t have time to eat, while some jail workers in Houston reported urinating in bags when they couldn’t find someone to replace them at their posts.
Having fewer jail employees can also make life worse for detainees because there are fewer workers to let them out of their cells, take them to court, teach their educational programs or tend to their most basic needs.
In Houston, a man in one of the jail’s isolation units said violence sometimes broke out after guards didn’t let them out to shower for days at a time, while in Philadelphia — at a lockup with a 36% staff vacancy rate — incarcerated people said they couldn’t always get meals or toilet paper. (A jail spokesman “categorically denied” that allegation.) In Ohio, local media reported that guards at Cleveland’s Cuyahoga County Jail have taken to locking people in their cells 23 hours a day because there aren’t enough staff.
And in one extreme example, a man detained at the Oklahoma County jail in Oklahoma City is accused of raping a handcuffed woman after guards at the understaffed facility left them unsupervised during booking. A detention officer at the troubled facility, which the county took over from the sheriff two years ago, eventually intervened, and the man was later charged with first-degree rape. A jail official said that no disciplinary measures against staff have been announced, but the matter is still under investigation.
According to Andrea Armstrong, a law professor at Loyola University New Orleans who studies deaths in jails and prisons, staffing problems are particularly dangerous when it comes to medical care.
“We are seeing increased mortality in jails, and they are the types of deaths that could have been avoided if the person had better access to emergency care,” she said.
In February, a man at Rikers Island choked on an orange and died after staff failed to intervene in time. He was one of eighteen people who have died in the city’s jails this year. Two months later, a detainee at the jail in Anoka County, Minnesota, died in his cell after the guards could not find any medical staff on duty to save him. In Houston, the family of a man who caught COVID-19 and died alone in his cell last year sued the jail. According to the family’s lawyer, U.A. Lewis, none of the staff noticed the man was dead until officers came to get him for a visit.
Despite the consensus among experts that conditions are deteriorating in many lockups, there’s far less agreement on solutions. While jails officials said they needed basic infrastructure improvements and more staff, some prisoner advocates point out that more lenient bail policies could help ensure fewer people stay behind bars when they don’t have money to pay for their freedom.
In the meantime, researchers say they need better information from the jails to be able to measure the scope of the problem.
“There’s so little data out there,” said Michele Deitch, a law professor at the University of Texas at Austin who studies jails and prisons. “We literally do not have the means to assess the safety or dangerousness of a facility in any comparative way.”
Some of the starkest examples of poor conditions — like semen-tainted food or brown drinking water — aren’t easy to measure.
Even for those things that can be measured — like overcrowding, understaffing or an increase in jail deaths — the available numbers are often years delayed and unreliable. For example, the U.S. Department of Justice said that its annual in-custody death reports undercounted jail deaths by at least 39%. And although the federal government issues an annual report about the number of people in jails nationwide, the most recent data is more than two years old.
Experts said that lack of data makes it hard to say how much of the growing alarm now actually reflects a change in jail conditions and how much is the result of heightened interest from media and the public.
But they say that so far, that increased concern has not translated into better conditions.
“It is horrible in here,” another detainee in Los Angeles wrote in a sworn declaration. “In fact, it is worse than being homeless. Even when I sleep on the streets, there is some room to stretch out. But in here, there are so many people walking by you or sleeping next to you that I’d rather be on the streets.”
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Blakinger and Rachel Dissell in Cleveland reported for The Marshall Project. Associated Press writers Ken Miller in Oklahoma City and Claudia Lauer in Philadelphia contributed to this report. | 2022-11-05T11:38:25+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/national/ap-us-jails-rife-with-violence-abuse-and-overcrowding/ |
The Eustis Police Department says they are investigating a hate crime after a pride flag hanging on someone's home was vandalized. "It is just such a shame," Melany Cruz, the owner of the flag, said. "Like, how much hate could you really have towards a community of people?" Cruz says it was her girlfriend who first noticed the word "NO" scrawled across the flag hanging next to their front door. "She said 'we have been hate crimed,'" Cruz said. They've been in the home for less than three weeks. "We thought we were moving into a safer location, considering our last place had a bullet go through the front door," Cruz said. "It's not what we were expecting."Since the flag was vandalized, they've now put up a camera. But Cruz says she's not sure police will be able to find the person who did this. "It could have happened at any time of day. Nobody saw anything," Cruz said. "They did interview a few people around the neighborhood, but nobody had seemed to have seen anything."But Eustis Police Chief Craig Capri says they're doing everything than can to find the person. "I keep it simple. It's a hate crime," Capri said. He says whoever did it is facing multiple charges. "Burglary, vandalism, and then we'll upgrade it to the hate crime and add it on there once we determine who did this," Capri said. But right now, Capri says they don't have a lot to go on. "We really have no video at this time," Capri said. "We went house to house, door to door looking for video. We've invested a lot of time and resources into this because it is important to us to find out who did this because we need to send a message, a clear message, you're not going to come to this city and spew your hate."So the chief is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest."No questions asked. You can remain anonymous," Capri said. "We just want to send a strong message that don't come here, I wish it doesn't happen anywhere. But you're not going to my city and spew your hate. 'Cause we're going to come after you, we're going to hold you accountable, and we're not going to stop."Top headlines:Florida lawyer weighs odds former President Donald Trump will serve prison timeArtemis II launch could draw hundreds of thousands of visitors to Florida's Space CoastCentral Florida investigators say deaths of 3 teenagers all connected
EUSTIS, Fla. — The Eustis Police Department says they are investigating a hate crime after a pride flag hanging on someone's home was vandalized.
"It is just such a shame," Melany Cruz, the owner of the flag, said. "Like, how much hate could you really have towards a community of people?"
Cruz says it was her girlfriend who first noticed the word "NO" scrawled across the flag hanging next to their front door.
"She said 'we have been hate crimed,'" Cruz said.
They've been in the home for less than three weeks.
"We thought we were moving into a safer location, considering our last place had a bullet go through the front door," Cruz said. "It's not what we were expecting."
Since the flag was vandalized, they've now put up a camera. But Cruz says she's not sure police will be able to find the person who did this.
"It could have happened at any time of day. Nobody saw anything," Cruz said. "They did interview a few people around the neighborhood, but nobody had seemed to have seen anything."
But Eustis Police Chief Craig Capri says they're doing everything than can to find the person.
"I keep it simple. It's a hate crime," Capri said.
He says whoever did it is facing multiple charges.
"Burglary, vandalism, and then we'll upgrade it to the hate crime and add it on there once we determine who did this," Capri said.
But right now, Capri says they don't have a lot to go on.
"We really have no video at this time," Capri said. "We went house to house, door to door looking for video. We've invested a lot of time and resources into this because it is important to us to find out who did this because we need to send a message, a clear message, you're not going to come to this city and spew your hate."
So the chief is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
"No questions asked. You can remain anonymous," Capri said. "We just want to send a strong message that don't come here, I wish it doesn't happen anywhere. But you're not going to my city and spew your hate. 'Cause we're going to come after you, we're going to hold you accountable, and we're not going to stop."
Top headlines: | 2023-04-05T22:04:52+00:00 | wesh.com | https://www.wesh.com/article/pride-flag-vandalized-eustis/43522035 |
While chili isn’t exactly a common menu item when it comes to fast-food chains, it’s been a staple at Wendy’s since the restaurant first opened in 1969.
And now, for the first time ever, Wendy’s is offering up a new way to enjoy the comfort food straight from your local grocery store.
Conagra Brands has teamed up with Wendy’s to offer the chili in cans beginning this spring. You can either enjoy it during the warm summer weather or stock up and wait for it to get chilly in the fall.
The canned chili has 29 grams of protein per can and is made with beef and what Conagra says is “the perfect mix” of peppers, beans and a tomato-based sauce.
“We are thrilled to partner with Wendy’s and bring a fan-favorite to homes nationwide,” Juliette van de Walle, prepared chili brand lead at Conagra Brands, said in a press release. “We worked closely with Wendy’s culinary team to ensure we brought through the indulgent flavors and delicious ingredients of the Chili that has been a long-time staple on the Wendy’s menu.”
The chili will be in grocery stores and other retailers soon for a suggested retail price of $4.99 per can. In comparison, a regular side of chili at a Wendy’s restaurant is around $2.79, while a large is $3.59. While Wendy’s doesn’t say the size of the can, the canned chili will likely be the size of other similar items, which is around 15 ounces.
While you wait for the chili to hit stores, you can of course head to your local Wendy’s restaurant and get it there — or you can try making your own version at home.
AllRecipes has a “Just Like Wendy’s Chili” recipe that has more than 800 reviews and 4.8 out of 5 stars, so it might be pretty close to the real thing. All you’ll need is the usual chili ingredients like ground beef, tomato sauce, chili seasoning and kidney beans, plus some less common ingredients like white vinegar and celery.
It takes just 15 minutes of prep time and cooks in about an hour. The recipe makes 10 servings, so you can make it for a group — or just have a lot of leftovers.
Are you a fan of Wendy’s chili?
This story originally appeared on Simplemost. Check out Simplemost for additional stories. | 2023-04-28T13:44:58+00:00 | krtv.com | https://www.krtv.com/wendys-chili-is-coming-to-grocery-stores-for-the-first-time |
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MAINE, USA — A longtime New York Post columnist appeared unimpressed after a quick trip to Vacationland.
Cindy Adams, a self-described "world traveler," wrote in her Sunday column that she was invited to Maine by longtime friends whose ancestors "founded the state of Maine in the 1800s."
The column is packed with keywords associated with Maine, from L.L. Bean to Stephen King, and laments the lack of elegant stores.
Adams also made note of the fashion in Maine, writing, "Fishing? Great. Fashion? Forget it. There’s not enough fabric on NYC’s Seventh Avenue to cover any local behind. Mainers consider flannel formal."
After noting that Vacationland has more water than Venice in a hurricane, the columnist wrote more about Mainers themselves, noting they "probably" shower with beer.
Once her trip was complete, Adams seemed eager to climb back into her car and return to "civilization and New York."
The column did not go unnoticed by Mainers on the popular website Reddit, where a link was shared. As of Monday afternoon, the post had more than 120 comments.
Adams is not the only person to chronicle a less-than-satisfactory visit to Vacationland in recent weeks. An Alabaman wrote about his winter visit for Yahoo and didn't seem to like the cold all that much.
Mainers on Reddit also found that column and were quick to express their opinions on the writing, though not to the extent they did with Adams' piece.
Data from the Maine Office of Tourism showed 15.6 million visitors came to Maine, which generated a total economic impact of more than $14 billion in 2021 and supported more than 143,000 jobs.
It would appear that whatever tourism numbers look like for 2023, at least one New York Post columnist is unlikely to be counted among them. | 2022-08-22T19:41:44+00:00 | newscentermaine.com | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/entertainment/places/new-york-post-columnist-unimpressed-after-visiting-vacationland-cindy-adams/97-671f3c3f-e421-4627-bbd9-25a7fa131141 |
The James Webb Space Telescope has peered through cosmic dust to reveal new details and a stunning image of a rare type of galaxy.
The space observatory's latest image shows the Cartwheel galaxy, a ring galaxy located 500 million light-years away that formed when a large spiral galaxy and a small galaxy violently collided.
When galaxies collide, they can change in shape and structure. In the Cartwheel galaxy, which looks a bit like a wagon wheel, a colorful ring surrounds an even brighter inner ring -- both of which expand away from the heart of the collision, as depicted in the Webb image.
These features are why scientists categorize the Cartwheel as a ring galaxy, which is much less common than spiral galaxies.
Astronomers have gleaned new insights about individual stars and star formation within the chaotic galaxy, as well as the black hole at the galactic center, as a result of Webb's capabilities.
The new image reveals more about how the galaxy has evolved over billions of years.
Among the hot dust in the bright inner ring, giant young clusters of stars are forming, the image shows.
Meanwhile, the outer ring has been expanding for 440 million years, and it's where star formation and star death (in the form of supernova explosions) occur. As the ring expands, it collides with gas, triggering more star formation.
Two small companion galaxies also appear in the image.
The Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories have studied the Cartwheel, but accumulations of dust have obscured the galaxy's mysteries. Webb is an infrared telescope, viewing the light that is invisible to the human eye, which is why it was able to capture new details other instruments could not.
The new image is a composite of data collected by Webb's Near-Infrared Camera and Mid-Infrared Instrument and captures a moment in time as the Cartwheel continues to slowly transform.
The Webb telescope officially began scientific operations on July 12, the same day NASA released its first images, and more images are on the way in the coming weeks, according to the space agency.
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Most of us are used to by now the upcoming date of May 4 being referred to as ‘Star Wars Day,’ since ‘May the 4th’ sounds like ‘May the Force’ from the Star Wars franchise. However, did you know that a few days before that, there’s another ‘holiday’ with ties to the Star Wars Universe?
May 1, or 5-01, is referred to as 501st Day, in honor of the 501st Legion, by some, but what does that mean? What’s a 501st, and what does it do anyway?
The 501st Legion is an international costuming organization dedicated to celebrating Star Wars through the creation and use of quality costumes that portray the villainous, morally ambiguous or non-partisan characters from the Star Wars Universe. The Legion promotes interest in Star Wars and facilitates the use of these costumes for Star Wars-related events as well as contributes to the local community through costumed charity and volunteer work.
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The Quad Cities have 501st Legion members in the area, and local events have been supported by the organization. The Iowa side of the QCA falls under the Central Garrison, and Illinois is part of the Midwest Garrison. Both can also be contacted through Facebook:
Examples of appearances include charity walks and events, along with visits to hospitals and physical rehabilitation centers. Additionally, a bulk of the group’s work is for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Because of the increasing appeal of Star Wars and costuming in general, membership in the 501st Legion has increased over the years to span the globe, and due to volume of charity work involved under its banner, the 501st has been given the support of Lucasfilm to openly use costumes and characters from Star Wars, given that the characterizations respect the overall nature of the Star Wars Universe. But it wasn’t always that way.
Originally begun by a handful of fans who thought it would be fun for costumed Stormtroopers to escort a captured Princess Leia around conventions, the fans soon discovered they weren’t the only ones who enjoyed dressing up as Star Wars characters. As the group grew, the need for a name became obvious, but even that had humble beginnings.
“The real story behind the name ‘501st’ is rather unremarkable. I wanted something that sounded military, had a big number and ended in a ‘one’ to give it a little authenticity,” Albin Johnson, founder of the 501st Legion, said. “My solution was to do what (George) Lucas always did: tap into historical source material. Not only did it have the advantage of sounding more ominous, but it enjoyed the ambiguity that the passage of time lent it intuitively. I liked the idea of the old Roman Legion… When I re-watched ROTJ (‘Return of the Jedi’) and noticed that (Emperor) Palpatine mentioned two of his ‘finest Legions’ were on Endor, I knew we had something that had roots in the Star Wars Universe.”
For more on the group’s history, click here.
At the root of membership is a love of villains in Star Wars. Accepted costumes have been put through a judging process to ensure they are screen-accurate, and that they are of villains. With a motto of ‘Bad Guys Doing Good’ through charity work, characters represented must be the ‘bad guys.’ But what if you want to be a hero character or something else? Here are some of the ‘sister’ organizations of the 501st:
- The Rebel Legion: The ‘good guys’
- Mandalorian Mercs Costume Club: Mandalorians
- The Dark Empire: Custom ‘bad guys’
- Saber Guild: Costumed lightsaber performance group
As perhaps the greatest honor, the fan-group 501st Legion was made canon within the Star Wars Universe:
The group goes under the nickname ‘Vader’s Fist’ and was the inspiration for George Lucas to reference the organization in official Star Wars canon. The group actively does charity and volunteer work for a number of organizations, and currently consists of over 10,000 members worldwide.
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If you’d like more information about joining the 501st Legion, click here.
Happy 501st Day! How will you be celebrating it and May the 4th?? | 2023-05-01T12:40:00+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/weird-news/happy-501st-day-a-look-at-the-501st-legion/ |
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SAN ANTONIO — A jury found Jessica Briones guilty of murder Monday in the 2017 death of her 4-year-old daughter.
Briones was 34 when she was arrested and charged with killing Olivia Briones. Prosecutors said she beat the little girl to death, focusing testimony on a metal bar from a garment box as one possible weapon used on the child’s head.
The jury took only an hour of deliberating to return the verdict, also finding Briones guilty of injury to a child because of evidence that multiple beatings had begun much earlier than the fatal one.
The photographic evidence — including numerous images of the child’s arms, which appeared deformed, and numerous scars and indented head injuries on her scalp — brought the jury to tears during three weeks of testimony.
Olivia also had abrasions and bruises on her ears and face; her abdomen was discolored, and she had a collapsed lung.
Briones told police she left Olivia alone the morning of Sept. 5, 2017, to go to a nearby convenience store to get a money order to pay rent, and that she found the child unresponsive when she returned.
The mother told investigators she carried Olivia from her Huebner Road apartment complex to a San Antonio police substation on Prue Road because she could not find one of her emergency phones and that the other was out of minutes so she could not call 911.
On ExpressNews.com: Witness at mom’s murder trial said she sat with San Antonio girl on life support
Police attempted life-saving measures but Olivia was declared brain dead at University Hospital and disconnected from life support on Sept. 6, 2017.
Prosecutors Michelle Haden, Brittany Mitchell and Michael Villarreal floated a motive that Briones resented the child because she got pregnant as a university student and because the girl looked like her biological father, a married man she feared and did not like.
Defense attorney John Fahle placed blame on the lead detective, San Antonio Police Sgt. Rachel Barnes, stating that “she had already made up her mind that Jessica Briones committed murder” and did not attempt to check two flights of stairs in her apartment, which Fahle said could have caused the child’s injuries in a fall.
Fahle said “everyone involved in this case deemed this was murder,” and admitted the stairs were a theory he raised himself, because Briones never mentioned it in the nearly 10 hours of interviews she underwent with SAPD officers.
“Nobody mentioned three flights of stairs could have been the cause of the blunt force trauma (to Olivia).”
Briones testified in her own defense Friday and maintained that she does not know how her daughter received the injuries that ended up killing her.
“For five years, I have thought over and over again about what I did wrong and what I could have done differently,” Briones told the jury. “I have picked apart what I did.”
Mitchell asked the jury Monday to recall the graphic photographs, diagrams, testimony from emergency personnel and CT scans that were presented to them during the “very emotional trial.”
“Whether you think she hit her with something, against something, or whether you think it happened in the living room, or the bathroom, the important thing is that you all agree Jessica Briones killed Olivia Brioines,” Mitchell told the panel.
Saying Olivia Briones’ death was no accident, Haden reminded the jury of the testimony of at least four physicians and forensic pathologists who said the child died from a fatal blow to the head.
“Jessica was all Olivia knew,” Haden said. “The same hand that bathed her was the same hand that beat her. And she loved her mother no matter what awful thing she had done.”
Briones faces up to life in prison.
The punishment phase of her trial began immediately after the verdict was announced in 187th District Court, Judge Stephanie Boyd presiding.
ezavala@express-news.net| Twitter: @elizabeth2863 | 2022-10-31T20:06:51+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Jessica-Briones-trial-Olivia-17547377.php |
- Adds a network of around 280 travel centers, strategically located on major highways across US; complementing bp's US convenience and mobility business.
- Almost doubles bp's global convenience gross margin.
- Brings growth opportunities for four of bp's five transition growth engines including EV charging via bp pulse, convenience, biofuels/ renewable natural gas (RNG) and, later, hydrogen.
- Adds EBITDA immediately, expected to grow to around $800m by 2025, underpinned by investment, integration value and synergies.
HOUSTON, May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today BP Products North America Inc., a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of BP p.l.c. (NYSE: bp), completed its $1.3 billion acquisition of TravelCenters of America Inc. (Nasdaq: TA), one of the country's leading full-service travel center operators, marking a milestone for the US in the growth of bp's strategic convenience and mobility business and welcoming thousands of additional employees into bp.
Emma Delaney, executive vice president customers & products, bp said: "We are thrilled to welcome the TravelCenters of America team to bp and give a turbo-boost to our convenience and mobility business in the US. Combining TA's sites on US highways with our brilliant retail network off the highway immediately expands our offer and doubles our global convenience gross margin.
By integrating bp pulse, our fast-growing EV charging business, along with biofuels and renewable natural gas businesses - and in time, hydrogen - we can help America's vital fleets and logistics companies decarbonize."
In February, bp announced it had agreed to acquire TA, subject to required approvals. Having received those approvals and with the transaction complete, TA's strategically located network of highway sites complements bp's existing predominantly off-highway convenience and mobility business in the US, enabling TA and bp to offer fleets and consumers a seamless nationwide service.
The transaction will provide options to expand and continue to develop convenience and mobility offers through four of bp's five transition growth engines:
- EV charging
- Biofuels
- Hydrogen
- Convenience
Convenience is one of five strategic transition growth engines that bp intends to grow rapidly through this decade. By 2030, bp aims for around half its annual investment to go into these transition growth engines; with around half of its anticipated cumulative $55-65 billion transition growth engine investment going into convenience, bioenergy and EV charging.
With the close of the acquisition, TravelCenters of America common shares have been converted into the right to receive $86 per share.
Additional information on the acquisition can be found in the agreement announcement.
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EAST NORWICH, N.Y., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the CANA Foundation and Wild Horse Education (WHE) filed documents in Reno Federal District court for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) roundup at the Blue Wing complex north of Lovelock citing First Amendment infringements.
Last month the organizations filed a complaint in the same district court against the lack of public process and science-based information incorporated into the 2017 Environmental Assessment (EA), the "ten year Gather-EA," the agency is using to do multiple roundups in the 2 million acre complex zone. (case number: 2:22-cv-01200)
The current operation targets 800 burros and 200 wild horses. A roundup in the same complex in 2020 captured 1,653 wild horses and 220 wild burros. The organizations state; BLM has failed to create open and transparent management planning, with a lack of current data and a failure to incorporate the use of modern day science.
Manda Kalimian of Cana Foundation states, " As American citizens we are entitled to have a voice as to the process and a right to transparency of the actions of our federal government. Without the use of modern day science and transparency, our government is ignoring their obligation to the American tax payer."
On the first day of operations BLM reported that 174 wild burros were captured, nearly 25% of the targeted goal. Four burros were roped and a one broke her neck. Observers were placed more than a mile from the trap location, for most of the day. The trap was blocked with trailers, moving the burros to a temporary corral that will be off- limits to public observation, preventing observers to witness for themselves these reports.
The burros will be shipped from the temporary corrals to an off-limits holding facility. Once again, hidden from observation.
"It is becoming increasingly common for BLM, particularly BLM in Nevada, to hide their activities from observers. Therefore denying us our first amendment rights as guaranteed by the constitution." States Laura Leigh of Wild Horse Education.
"An open government has been a hallmark of our democracy since our nation's founding," U.S. District Judge Michael Simon wrote when finalizing his order to stop federal police from arresting or assaulting journalists and legal observers for doing their jobs during the Portland riots, citing precedent from the Ninth Circuit case Leigh v. Salazar. "When wrongdoing is underway, officials have great incentive to blindfold the watchful eyes of the fourth estate. The free press is the guardian of the public's interests and the independent judiciary is the guardian of the free press."
Leigh continued, "It amazes me that the hard-fought ruling we won to gain meaningful access to view roundups and assess the condition of wild horses, burros and public range lands can help journalists covering riots, but we still have to fight to gain meaningful access to a roundup.
The groups state that their relationship to the land, wild horses and burros and wild species, is an essential part of public process guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Constitution also guards the public's "right to know."
The groups remain committed to exposing the deficits in the BLM on range program, wild horse and burro management, and their work to bring science and proper management tools into a reality.
SOURCE: CANA Foundation
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Easy to Achieve Delicious Meals in Half the Time
TORRANCE, Calif., May 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Breville, the iconic global brand that delivers premium kitchen appliances rooted in innovation and design, announces the launch of the Joule™ Turbo Sous Vide, the company's first hardware evolution to the beloved Joule™ Sous Vide since its launch disrupted the market in 2015.
The Joule™ Turbo Sous Vide is the combined innovation of Breville's award-winning product design and engineering and ChefSteps' software and James Beard award-winning recipe content, which makes it even easier for cooks of all levels to include sous vide cooking in their weekly routines.
Proprietary algorithms and software accumulated from years of consumer feedback and testing have resulted in the advanced Joule™ Turbo technology which allows the immersion circulator to get perfectly done foods in half the time of traditional sous vide cooking. This means cooks will be able to get meals on the table perfectly in half the time – every time.
Over eight years of research and development went into the Joule™ Turbo Sous Vide's software where Douglas Baldwin, Phd, Breville's Senior Mathematician and Food Expert, and his team, took the same type of mathematics used to track rockets in space and apply them to sous vide, to ensure accurate and faster results for home cooks.
"Since day one, our mission has always been to help passionate cooks be more creative and confident in the kitchen and part of that is making sous vide an approachable method for cooks of all levels," said ChefSteps and Joule™ co-founder Grant Crilly. "The new Joule™ Turbo Sous Vide answers some struggles we've heard in the community for years. New software which incorporates years of innovation and development has now made it possible to achieve the same perfect results, in half the time, for experiences like cooking steak, automatically."
Through the Joule™ App, cooks will have easy to use step-by-step video guides and access to Autopilot recipes via their phones and tablets. Each recipe is broken down with video visuals that guide users on how to properly prep, season, and finish dishes with settings tailored to the product and each ingredient, removing the pressure of executing recipe details correctly. The Autopilot feature gives users peace of mind when leaving the kitchen or multitasking, as the software will take care of your dish, cooking at the optimal times and temperatures while sharing progress notifications via a smart device.
Cooks will also be able to set customized preferences for their preferred cook and temperature with Visual Doneness™ to select and see their desired results prior to cooking.
For ultimate flexibility, the Primetime function will tell cooks how long foods can be held at the optimal temperature, maintaining the ideal doneness, while never over-cooking the protein.
"We aim to provide home cooks with an intuitive tool that makes sous vide convenient for mid-week cooking, like air frying or multi-cooking. Whether you're entertaining a crowd or making a mid-week dinner, we're thrilled that the Joule™ Turbo Sous Vide will make cooking even simpler because of how fast it gets expertly cooked dishes on the table," notes Catherine Ruspino, Breville's Senior Vice President of Product and Solutions.
With access to over 140 tailored recipes developed by the chefs in Breville's test kitchen, combined with access to an extensive and ever-growing sous vide content from ChefSteps, Joule™ Turbo Sous Vide users will get to join the community of over 1.6 million home cooks of various levels as they include this simple technique into their daily routines.
The app also includes Progress Monitoring, Tips & Tricks, and Voice Activation Connectivity through Alexa or Google Voice Assistant for when you are multitasking and on the go.
Key features of the Joule™ Turbo Sous Vide include:
- 1,100 watts
- Peak water temperature of 198 degrees Fahrenheit
- Connected Cooking with the Joule™ App: Guided Cooks, Joule™ Autopilot, Primetime, Progress Monitoring, Tips & Tricks and Voice Activation
- Visual Doneness™ for cooks to be able to select their exact desired results ahead of cooking
- Universal tub clip for easy attachment to vessels including pots, water tubs, etc.
- Magnetic base to easily mount to any magnetic steel pot or induction-ready cookware
- Sleek cylinder that's only 12.24 inches tall, 1.85 inches in diameter, and at 1.4 lbs to easily fit into any drawer in your kitchen
- Stainless steel ruler to measure protein thickness for Turbo cooking
- WiFi and Bluetooth capabilities with voice activation connectivity through Alexa or Google Voice Assistant
Breville's Joule™ Sous Vide Turbo retails for $249.95 USD and is now available nationwide via Brevilleusa.com.
The Joule™ App is available for download through the Apple app store (here), and Android app store (here).
About Breville
Over the past 90 years, Breville has grown to become an iconic global brand, delivering innovative kitchen appliances including award-winning home coffee machines, to over 70 countries around the globe. The company goes to market as the Sage® brand in Europe, and as the Breville® brand in the rest of the world. Breville enhances people's lives through the delivery of brilliant innovation and thoughtful design based on deep consumer insights, empowering people to do things more impressively or easily than they'd thought possible in their own homes and ultimately, allowing them to Master Every Moment™. Breville.com and follow on social media @breville.
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Star Buds Retailer Now Enters the Fort Collins and Garden City Markets in Colorado
DENVER, May 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Schwazze, (NEO: SHWZ) (OTCQX: SHWZ) ("Schwazze" or the "Company"), announced today that it closed the transaction to acquire certain assets of Cannabis Care Wellness Centers, LLC and Green Medicals Wellness Center #5, LLC (d/b/a "Smokey's"). The transaction includes the recreational and medical use Smokey's dispensaries located at 2515 7th Avenue in Garden City as well as 5740 S. College Avenue in Fort Collins. These two vibrant cannabis markets have limited licenses and present Schwazze with more opportunities to serve customers in northern Colorado. This acquisition continues Schwazze's deliberate expansion in Colorado, bringing the Company's total number of Colorado dispensaries to 27. The acquired assets included state and local retail marijuana licenses supporting the adult use dispensaries acquired in the transaction.
The consideration for the acquisition was US$7.5 million paid as a combination of cash and stock.
"As we continue to go deep in the state of Colorado, we're excited to bring our Star Buds operations to both Garden City and Fort Collins. We will operate a store within a store concept to serve both recreational consumers as well as medical patients. By bringing our operating playbook to two key cities in northern Colorado, it allows us to deliver our brands, product assortment and dedicated service to customers in expanded areas throughout the state," said Collin Lodge, Colorado Division President of Schwazze.
Since April 2020, Schwazze has acquired, opened, or announced the planned acquisition of 60 cannabis retail dispensaries (bannered as Star Buds, Emerald Fields, R. Greenleaf, Standing Akimbo, and Everest) as well as six operating cultivation facilities and three manufacturing plants across Colorado and New Mexico. In May 2021, Schwazze announced its Biosciences division, and in August 2021, it commenced home delivery services in Colorado.
Schwazze (OTCQX: SHWZ) (NEO: SHWZ) is building a premier vertically integrated regional cannabis company with assets in Colorado and New Mexico and will continue to take its operating system to other states where it can develop a differentiated regional leadership position. Schwazze is the parent company of a portfolio of leading cannabis businesses and brands spanning seed to sale. The Company is committed to unlocking the full potential of the cannabis plant to improve the human condition.
Schwazze is anchored by a high-performance culture that combines customer-centric thinking and data science to test, measure, and drive decisions and outcomes. The Company's leadership team has deep expertise in retailing, wholesaling, and building consumer brands at Fortune 500 companies as well as in the cannabis sector. Schwazze is passionate about making a difference in our communities, promoting diversity and inclusion, and doing our part to incorporate climate-conscious best practices.
Medicine Man Technologies, Inc. was Schwazze's former operating trade name. The corporate entity continues to be named Medicine Man Technologies, Inc. Schwazze derives its name from the pruning technique of a cannabis plant to enhance plant structure and promote healthy growth. To learn more about Schwazze, visit www.Schwazze.com.
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